I called Annette last night, since it was her 16th birthday. She wanted to go out and get mexican food at her favorite restaurant with a friend, but I guess it was too far away and my mother didn’t want to drive there. They went to McDonalds instead, poor thing. That’s worse than my 16th birthday.
During the conversation I did learn something very interesting though.
My other sister (Heather, 21) is engaged! She went to Alberta, Canada to see her boyfriend a couple weeks ago, and while she was there he proposed, with a nice ring and everything.
They met online and have been together since fall of 2001 (shortly after Michael and I got together), she’s made a few trips up to Canada to see him, he’s come down to Maine to see her a few times (stayed for almost a month last summer). I haven’t met him, but she seems really happy, and that’s what’s important. From what my mother says, she’s planning on moving up to Alberta to live with him, and getting her Canadian citizenship (I’ll have to look into and talk to her about getting a dual citizenship, which I’ve heard you can get if you have family in the US).
At first I thought “Moving to Canada, on the other side of the country? Insanity!” But I guess it’s not so bad, at least she’s finally getting out of Maine.
I’m happy for her.