Barefoot in the Grass

Hello, everybody! I don't know if you're really out there, but I'm writing to you anyway. I've found it always helps to write to an audience, real or fake as they may be :) So you get to be audience to my journal-like rambling about life-lucky you! ;) Ok, so random facts about me, just to kick-start this story: My favorite color is purple. I love purple! Before I moved out of my parents' house they created a room for me, from scratch in the unfinished basement. SUPER neat, 'cause I'd never had my own room before! I got to choose which color the paint would be and -ta-dah!-the Purple Fortress was born! Random quirk of mine - I name things. Lots of things. My car, my dad's car, all my stuffed animals (I have lots!) my sister's potted tree, all sorts of crazy stuff! I made it into such a habit that my family's started bringing me stuff and asking me to name it! (Hence naming my dad's car and my sister's tree.) I love to read, ESPECIALLY an