The holidays.

[alexmegami]

Well, while these holidays were good, they have also been stressful. Between arguing politics with everyone, having to defend Patrick against pretty much the same, and enduring my grandmother's thinly-veiled (and once blatant) racist and anti-gay remarks... I'm starting to wonder if I'll be able to do it again next year without [verbally] blowing someone's head off.

Patrick, you really need to stop making yourself sound worse than you are. It has now literally caused arguments between me and my mother.

Furthermore, the stress from the online application fiasco hasn't dwindled any. While I know I won't find out anything for at least another few hours, I am infinitely worried that they will not be able to (or will refuse to) get rid of the incorrect information, which is $80 out of my pocket.

In addition, my mother and stepfather have apparently not conferred on how much aid they can give me for university, up to the point where Dad has told me that they won't be able to pay for any of it, and Mom denied this when I brought it up. So who knows what the fuck is going on there.

Overall, I feel very, very out of control of my situation right now, with no way to make it right again.

Comments

[alexmegami]

Yeah. It's just a little unnerving, especially when it's either a) politics (my aunt and uncle are Republican and my grandmother is Conservative), b) general -isms, as mentioned above, c) Patrick and his relative merits or lack thereof (I really hate having to defend my boyfriend, as I shouldn't need to).

[zen-jedi.livejournal.com]

My solution was to ship my parents overseas. It worked great! And I moved across the country before they are planning on coming back. The downside is that we are closer to Joyee's family which may actually be more difficult than mine.