A Thought To Entertain

No, this won't be an entertaining post, so if you're really bored, now's the time to escape.
I recently moved away from my chosen home area. I'm not on Long Island, NY anymore, and I probably won't be for at LEAST 6 months. I'll go back to visit - no question about that. I just won't be living there any time soon. Yeah, I miss my family, and my friends, but I needed a change to get out of that rut I've been living in for the last 6 months. Having a severely limited income, and very little choice of employment somewhat reduces the possibility of stepping UP in the world. So for the moment, I stepped sideways and moved in with a friend of mine and his family.
The family I live with now is a rather interesting one. My friend (let's call him Brian*) and his wife (let's call her Tina*) are a very interesting couple. Their 5 children (Matt*, Steph*, Annie*, Noah*, and Alison*) are kinda cool. Noah and Alison are twins, and just under 2 years old. Matt is 14, Steph is 13, and Annie is 9. Annie is rather...fastitidious in her attempts to piss me off. Steph is pretty complacent - when I ask her to do something, she fights it for a short while, then gives in when she realizes I'm right. Matt likes to play Playstation 2 and ignore his surroundings. Noah likes to beat Alison in the head with heavy-duty plastic toys and throw his food across the kitchen. Right now, Annie is asking me for $22 so she can pay for library books she misplaced. She also just tried using my computer as a backpack stand. *sigh* I never had kids of my own (not yet), and this is probably damn good training for the future.
I've got to change a lot of things if this situation is to work out for me. When we get to Maryland (we're moving next week, the movers are packing us up tomorrow), I need to begin construction on the additions to the house (gonna get contractors to lay the slabs and frame out the pieces we need done, completing the outside portions like siding and whatnot before I get started. I'm an interior guy. I can do sheetrock and spackle, and painting even. Electrical work and such aren't my forte, but I can do that, too. I don't know if I can lay carpet, but I can certainly learn how. Once the additions are complete, we can make all kinds of moves to sort the people out a little better. Adding 2 rooms to a 4-bedroom house can be tedious, but that's expected.
Yes, you saw that right. I'm living with a family of 7 in a 4-bedroom house. Impossible, you say? Try it. It's not that hard. :)
Oh yes, and must make mention of a certain witchy-type friend of mine. She put something about me in her blog on livejournal.com (ah, the treachery!) and I felt the need to comment. First, thanks for the message - yeah, I know it was for me. Second, dude, slap your sister silly and punt your dad until he gets the point. Third, thanks for everything. :o)
(* - Names were changed to protect the guilty. *cackle*)