What's Down at The Penn's

I'm doing the classic girl next door pose. It's not working, isn't it?

First of all, there is no way that my real name is actually Penda Penn. Only guys like Phillip Phillips are lucky that way. To what it is, I shall not tell. Not a word, not a syllable, not even a letter to break the spell (unless you already know what it is). Yeah, get that, I'm suddenly rhymy. Anyway, this summer at my house has been fantastic. I like to pretend I'm Cinderella and that my sisters are my evil step sisters and my mom's the evil step mother. My mother, for her part, melted to the role quickly. She constantly yells for me, "Moo-chaha!" (Servant girl during our Spanish colonization period--yes, I can't spell it). I've insisted that she calls me "butleress" but to no avail. She's too into the role. And I like to chuckle (why? Is chuckling too manly for you? You sexist now?) at her orders because she giggles after she barks them at me. Not that convincing of an evil step mother, I say!

My "evil" stepsisters are actually doing most of our chores. I've been a chore the whole summer, not being able to help out because of summer class but they've been considerate about it and put me on dinner dishes duty everyday. Quite generous, no sarcasm there. (They've been working really hard.)

As you might have known, the whole family took a one-week vacation to Singapore and Malaysia last week, where I, dutifully maintaining my role as damsel in distress, was kicked mercilessly by my presumed prince in rugged jeans at a theme park while gripping to the ropes of the ride we haphazardly met on. Yes, I know that was a phenomenal run-on sentence, even for me. I have lots of stories to tell, mostly what I saw and who I met. All of which I will be telling you about in my other blog, The Traveling Spoon (who's name and URL are mine to change because of branding reasons). Be sure to drop by there and read what other crazy things (aside from being physically harassed by a prince/stranger) I did on that visit.

Thanks for wasting time reading this thing, I hope it's entertained you the way it entertained me while writing it.

Oh and please please please leave links and replies on how your summer went. Would really like to know. Find me on twitter and instagram too: @ohpenda.