Saturday, March 13, 2010

Oh, Yes I Did!

I have a bit of a rant so I thought I would just get it out here.

I am an adult, yes I am. I may live with my parents at this time but I am 22 freaking years old. I got my ass most of the way through college without one bad grade or problem. I did have to come home, but you know what? I feel better than I have ever in my life.

I feel that I have worth and that I am a good person. In fact I KNOW I am a good person. I have never smoked anything, never done any drugs of any sort, never contracted an STD, never cheated on a boyfriend. Lets see, I have never caused a car accident, I stand up for the underdog, I strive for equality, and I generally practice what I preach. In fact the person that I have treated the worst over the years has been me.

I do have a drink every once in a while. In fact this week I have had drinks with my best friend at his apartment with no plans to drive twice. Neither of us were remotely drunk or anything. We made cosmos and watched stand up comedy or sat around chatting. There is nothing wrong with this. In fact we were being responsible.

However it has gotten back to my parents that I drink alot. Obviously, I don't. This week is pretty much the only time I have really had alcohol more than one night.

The hardest part about this is that I find myself at odds with my little sister. I have always felt tremendous love for her and have frequently out myself in harms way for her. Whether it was taking a few punches or taking responsibility for a common prank with our parent. She was the one to pass on the word that I drink, not to mention my own words and those of others about how ridiculous they were being about my so called drinking problem. Not to mention that we were discussing it over twitter. Neither of my parent have or want twitter, they don't even understand it!

IDIOT. I think she may have just burned her last bridge to me. I have spent the last six months feeling like the outsider in my own home because of her enabling her fiances rudeness. I live here. These are my parent. Stop trying to cause drama and create issues. I know that your situation isn't what you would like it to be but that is NO reason to put me in their cross-hairs. This is the last thing they should be worrying about.

So wish me luck in my search for a full time job and my own place. I can and will stand on my own without people pulling me down and throwing me under the bus.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Kim -- I hope I'm speaking for Ken as well when I say that you have refuge with us anytime you need it. Family is and always will be a very complicated thing, but one thing I do know is that I think that what happened was entirely shitty.

Personally, I don't Tweet anything that I wouldn't say to someone's face. So if anyone out there thinks they're snitching by spreading the words shared on a public forum, don't flatter yourselves. If we wanted it hidden, we'd make our feeds private.

Unknown said...

Best of luck! It's certainly rough when this happens. We're here for you if you need us.

C A Wohlmut said...

In your quest for more employment, if you want more sitting hours I'm happy to give you more, if that will help.