What I Would do if my Sisters Were Here Now

My sisters are both in Halifax.
For those of you without siblings, know that this sucks. Because siblings are awesome. You know each other super well, you can talk to each other about just about anything, and they're your lifetime best friends. You hear, of course, about those families where the siblings hate each other. I personally am shocked by this. At least in my family, you love your siblings so much that you can never stay truly angry at them for more then an hour or so, and even those moments are rare. A family where none of the siblings ever like each other... that would be awful.
Now, as great as siblings are, there effect on your life is slightly reduced when they decide to fly X miles across the country to university. Thats why I'm so exited for when they get back to Edmonton for christmas in a few weeks! There are so many things I want to do when they get back...
First of all, I want to just spend time with them. Chilling out together, whether it be reading books, playing games or just being in the same approximate area as one another is always fun. I look forward to homework parties, writing parties, reading parties, wii parties, even sims parties. Everything's a party when your siblings are around.
Perhaps my favourite thing to do all together as sibs is ski. Skiing is my favourite sport, and it's great when you can do that with other people. Laura and I ski together a lot in Canmore. Julia, my oldest sister, is just learning the ropes, but is quickly improving. It doesn't matter who, it's fun skiing with either of them.
One thing that I love to do with Julia in particular is running. Laura, unfortunately, has back trouble and so can't join in the fun. Me and Julia, however, just ran a half marathon together in September, which was a blast. When you run, you really have nothing better to do then simply talk, and so you do, and get to know the person your running with even better. And there's almost no greater feeling then finishing a race together. As much as I can hate running sometimes, it's awesome when I'm with my sister. We won't be doing that much running in December, though...
One thing that we can do in December, however, is go sledding! I always kick myself at the end of the year when I've only gone sledding a few times. What's not to love? And again, sharing experiences like sledding with your sibs is awesome.
One of the more specific things I'm looking forward to when my sisters come home is movie-watching. Both the Hobbit and the Hunger Games movies are coming out soon (maybe they're already out. I don't know), and I plan to watch both with my sisters. A big tub of popcorn and a litre of pop... what's not to love?
And finally, as I feel I should say this, all of the other little things that make having a sibling awesome. Sneaking out to buy hot chocolate. Being able to talk so freely with one other, making jokes and making fun of one another teasingly all day. Singing random songs. Showing each other youtube videos. Saying what funny thing happened in your day. Just rejoicing in the awesomeness of having a sibling.
And so I'll give a message to a few people out there in the world. To newlyweds, have at least two kids. An only child will be forever lonely. And probably spoiled, as well. Your kids need siblings to stop the others from getting too big of heads. But don't have any more then three kids. Overpopulation, right?
To people with siblings; love them. They're awesome.
To people without siblings; get a cat or a dog. You need a companion.
And finally, to my sisters; you're awesome, and I love both you gals.

Thanks for reading,

-Mark