If the rain must fall, if I lose it all

Last night, my mother led a four minute conversation about her dogs bowel movements. It was a truly excellent way to finish our meal. Oh my mother, how I love her. My Grandfather spoke about the ways in which he was going to have to eat dog food because he's on his way to the poor house, yes my grandfather that lives in a multi-million dollar home, drives two brand new trucks, etc etc, and he was quite hurt that none of us seemed too concerned. No one spoke about my move though, which was a refreshing change.
My lack of boyfriend was brought up, in order to point out how many I had had, the term "revolving door" was used, in a most unflattering way. My cousins girlfriend fit in very well, a definite hit with the entire family. Unlike the time I brought one of mine around, and he was told he was welcome to eat outside with the dog. I do love my family, ferociously and entirely, but good lord, they are horrendous sometimes.
I will miss my family, last year was a tough one, I can't count the number of phone calls I made, in tears, missing them and feeling unbearably lonely.
I want to buy an aloe vera plant, though apparently they aren't sold anywhere, extremely frustrating. I'm packing today, I leave on sat, I feel like I just get adjusted to the date, and then it gets moved up. I have much work to do. Also, how do you guys feel about this shade of lipstick?