At 6:30, my alarm went off. I went to bed at about 11:30, so I got about 6 or so hours of sleep. Figured I'd sleep to about 7 or 7:15. Turns out I overslept a bit, and while I knew that if I jumped out of bed and into my car I would've made it to class, I was still feeling deadbeat tired, so I figured "I'll just go in late today."

At around 7:50 my dad is knocking at my door, stopping by on his way to his Fed Ex route. He asks me if I have school today, so I say "yes" and I tell him "not to worry about it".

He comes back 30 seconds later demanding I open the door, then starts ranting and raving how he's going to kick me out, and that he doesn't want to support a bum and that he has to pay (part) of my student loan and goes on and on and on. Quite the rude awakening. I tell him it's not a big deal, because quite frankly it isn't, but in his mind, I'm not taking school seriously enough. The only time he pays mind to my status in anything is when it seems to him that I'm lacking.

This guy never went to school, and he sure as hell ain't one to talk either cause he's always talkin' about the "shortcuts" and things he does at work to get more pay out of doing less work. Anybody here who is/was a student knows what they can get away with in terms of takin' off a day of school with whatever teacher without taking a hit on their grades.

But once again, like I said, he only pays me any mind when he thinks somethin' is off.

His work has been givin' him shit about some of the questionable things he does, and because he's older (not as strong or quick as the young guys), he's worried about them letting him go. So I think he's projecting those worries on to me, getting paranoid about my progress at school.

I talked to my teacher today about this, and she told me she'd talk to him if it made him feel better. Considering I have no intention of quitting, and I just got a 94 on my last test, these are all the things my dad doesn't see.

I can't stand him sometimes because he lectures like there's no tomorrow, about how experienced he is, and how naive and immature I am. Yet this is only because he only points out my faults, and none of my strengths or accomplishments. It's ****ing annoying.

No, I shouldn't have slept in, but I did, because I knew I could get away with it and because I've been working 6-7 days a week averaging 12-15 hour days. It's not like I sit at home all day after school and play videogames. In fact I have to leave right now because I have work. If working 14 hour days between school and work is lazy, then I don't even wanna know what bein' productive is.

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Heil Frasbee