Of Little Sisters...

Hello, friends!  

So, my sister is town this week for eye surgery.  Don't worry, it's nothing major.  She came in to get some Lasik done so she doesn't need to wear glasses.  She's a dancer so it's important for her to be able to see everything, like flying limbs coming in her direction.  =0).  Meg and I went to New York to see her graduation from NYU last month (congrats!) so it's not like it'd been forever since we'd seen her.  Still, it's always good to see family, especially my little sister.

Chrissie "The Kid" Leong and I are very different people.  She's a dancer and I'm more of a musician.  She cries while watching The Biggest Loser.  I've cried once since 2006.  She likes to go out with friends.  I prefer staying at home and watching cartoons.  She has an eye for fashion and style.  Most of y'all have seen how I dress. 

Yet, I can't help but feel an attachment to the Kid.  Of course, she's my sister, so I'm supposed to be attached to her, right?  Still, I've always done my best to look out for her.  My brother Phuzz and her are only 18 months apart so they have more of a peer thing happening.  With the Kid and me, it definitely feels like an older brother thing. 

When I was in high school, one of my jobs was to drive the Kid to dance after school.  She was in Jr. High at the time so she got out at 2:10.  I was in High School so I got out at 2:30.  I would rush out of 6th Period, hop in my car, and drive her 20 minutes to Huntington Beach.  We didn't talk about a ton of deep stuff, how was school and things of that nature, but those 20 minutes was actually a lot of fun for me. 

I was reminded of that this week when the Kid had her surgery.  We've both been pretty independent for a while, as well as in different cities for the past 10 years so I haven't had too many times to relive the "good old days."  However, after she had her surgery, "Older Brother Adam" made a recurrance. 

There wasn't anything big I did.  I woke up to pick her up from surgery, I made her breakfast, I put in her eye drops, and I made sure she had enough tissues.  Anyone could have done it.  But, it was my little sister, so you'd better believe that it was going to be me who did it.  =0). 

Anyway, that's been my thing this weekend.  Taking care of my little sister.  Just like I've done before and plan to do for a long time coming. 

Have an excellent day! 

~Adam