Ducky Does What Ducky Does

Well...as I mentioned last time, I went out to see the Brentwood High Percussion/Jazz band concert last night, and it was a great time. Everyone played well, although my sister should have taken a solo in the last song, but whatever. (Not like I would be the first one to take a solo either.)

After the concert ended I went out to Sonic with Ben, Brahms, Adam, Golf Team, and a lot of other band kids. Needless to say I felt pretty old in that group, but the important thing is, we all had a great time, plus it was dollar burger night so I actually ate some food there as well.

Today was almost a repeat of yesterday, only I turned in applications instead of picking them up. Tammy indicated that there was a pretty good chance that I could get hired at B&N, I think. I know she'll do what she can to help me out, but if I don't get hired I have a few fall back options.

Of course, I don't have as many options as my mom and dad would like me to have, which brings up an interesting point: I will definitely stay in Murfreesboro next summer, no question. I got home this year and immediately (I mean, the day I got here) was dragged in to helping set up for Anne Marie's graduation open house. That was fine, I didn't really have to do that much, but I still spent a lot of time with entertaining guests/refilling drinks/making food labels/refilling strawberries/talking to people I don't really know that well about things that everyone talks about ("How's college? What are you doing this summer? Oh really? How interesting! What? You mean you've told that same story 1000 times today? How interesting!") Anyway, now that the open house is over, my parents are REALLY pushing for me to get a job. Monday it was, "You better get out there and get some applications." Well I did. Now it's, "You better go find more places to apply to," as if they are oblivious to the fact that I have done that already, and also, more importantly, as if I can't run my own life. That's the real problem. When I get back home it's as if the past two years of me surviving through college without ANY major problems hasn't proven anything to them. Were they over my shoulder nagging me every day to get my English essays done, or turn in homework on time, or study for tests? No. Did I do these things without incident? Yes. And this morning, I get a lecture about getting enough sleep. I'm so sorry that on the only week I have had off in the past year that I spend a lot of it sleeping. I can handle my own sleep schedule, as I have proven, once again, these past two years.

So as much as I love being here at home (seriously), I could do without the over-bearing parenting thing. I mean, getting a second job should really be my concern, and it is. I am very concerned about making money for next year, so it doesn't relieve any stress I am facing with candidacy/work/other things when they are there adding fuel to the fire.

Oh, this and they still treat Anne Marie, as they did to me, as if she is a child even though she's got ONE DAY of high school left. They restrict her from doing things on weeknights (or I guess, weeknight in this case), and they act like the worst thing in the world is spending time with someone you won't be seeing nearly as much after this summer. In three months, my little sister will be in College, deciding who she wants to see and when she wants to see them, even if this means seeing her boyfriend every weeknight for three months. I have complete faith that Anne Marie can run her own life at this point, so why don't my parents think so?

Well, because they obviously think I am not capable of doing it, or in a lot of cases, they don't think Emily can manage without constant nagging either, and we are years older than Anne Marie is.

Of course, I should be thankful that my parents DO care about us kids enough to still get on our nerves occasionally. And yeah, I am thankful that my parents do care about me. So if I have to go on the biggest internet-rant ever in order to conclude this...I guess it's worth it. But I still plan on staying in Murfreesboro next summer just to avoid this inevitable loss of personal liberties.

Also, YOU should be thankful if you skipped to this paragraph, because those last ones were just me venting. If you did read them, I apologize, it has been just one thing after the other these past few weeks...and the pressure was building.

The next post on here will not be nearly as bad, trust me.