When family comes down to visit, it sometimes gets interesting. At Clarke's house, I don't really have my own space unless the upstairs roommates are traveling. My little brother's siblings often come down from Canada to visit. I pretty much grew up with Ryder and Hannah, especially since my little brother is their little brother too. They're used to my daily life like most of my close family is, since they were raised around it for many years.

Sometimes, they take advantage of the fact that I'm stuck to 40 pounds of machinery and can't easily get away. Sure, I can disconnect myself whenever I want, but it still takes a few seconds to pause the machine and unhook the tubes connecting me to the machine. Ryder especially likes to mess with me.

He knows how to push my buttons. I'm very wary of him when he walks by me while I'm doing my treatments. He does everything from the mildly irritating, to the downright infuriating. I always keep a can of air freshener and a good pair of shoes nearby while I'm doing treatments around my Canadian siblings. It turns out I'm a decent aim with the shoes. I don't throw them very hard, but I throw hard enough with a good aim. It's enough to deter Ryder a little bit, especially since he knows what I'll aim the shoes at if he messes with me too much, but sometimes he thinks it's worth the risk. 

Ryder's girlfriend had an interesting reaction to my daily life. She completely avoided me while I was doing my treatments, and pretended she didn't see me when I was doing them. I thought it was strange, but she's also very shy, so I assumed her shyness had something to do with it. It turns out she kept Ryder up one night asking him a whole slew of questions about me. She was scared to ask me for fear of "offending" me, so she hoped Ryder could answer them. I later talked to her through social media and cleared things up for her. She'll likely be more relaxed when we meet up again, especially since she saw some of the annoying things Ryder did to me even when I was doing my treatments.