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Yesterday while checking my email, I received one from my cousin Sandy. The subject heading read "HI!" Usually her emails consist of the subject heading "Fw:" followed by some chain letter curse or something of similar lines.

The first line in the email said, "Grandma told me..." and went on about how my grandma told her about my getting a job at university, oh, and moving into my new apartment...how come I didn't tell anyone??

I emailed her to confirm the apartment and to tell her the details on it. I also had to tell her that I did not get the job, only because I had just applied for it. Interviews are next week.

I get a phone call hours later from my other cousin, Jen, who is Sandy's sister. "Hey I haven't talked to you in forever, Sandy told me about your place, blah blah blah, how are you going to pay for your apartment...." and she asked questions for every other detail in my life.

She was curious to see if my parents are still moving out of state, only because she wants to pawn my aunt's furniture off on my mom (because my aunt is out of state). No questions are asked by my more distant family out of good intentions; answers to my questions (like all other answered questions in this family) go on to feed the flame of gossip. They all search for some meaty piece of news they can tell my sister in law, or my aunt, or my other cousins...so to see if any information gained from answers such as mine would be of good use for them.

They are all looking for something. I know this doesn't sound like little Grace, but who doesn't agree with me that females in certain families tend to gossip and create a little more problems than they should. I am kind of tired of the maliciousness (is that a word?) that comes from certain family members.

I had never been subject of so much conversation amongst my family, I guess now that I gain my independence from my immediate family, I also am thrown to the wolves in a sense. My mother cannot exactly protect me from these ill disguised conversational conquests (rather poetic isn't it?). The reason I am awarding certain members of my family with my disgust is that, if they were really just interested in how I am doing.....why is it these family members never congratulated me on my college graduation??

My college graduation doesn't do anything for them, that's why. My poor grandma was an innocent bystander. My mother told her about my apartment in excitement, in excitement, my grandma told my aunt, and the excitement ends and gossip starts...she goes to tell her daughter Sandy, who tells her sister Jen. Who knows where it will go from there!

On a lighter note, can't let a little gossip kill my mood today! This afternoon I get to go and pick up my keys to my new place. Going to scrub down the toilets and sinks, oh, and the refrigerator...just in case it wasn't properly cleaned.

Thanks mkhockenberry...for letting me know that little bit of information earlier on about cleaning supplies. So far, it was just thirty dollars!

Wish me luck, I am super excited.

I'll let you all know how it goes. Much love.