Six O'clock and all... well, the house isn't burning down.

[jackofallgeeks]

Today's been. Just been.
I haven't been feeling well, I've had a head cold, which makes it difficult to breathe, which makes it difficult to sleep. So, I get achey and sluggish, and have little-to-no motivation. Gene and I were up later than the others last night, each working on the computer in the basement. I could normally sleep from 12 until 6 or 7 with no trouble, but I was asleep when Mom came gto get me up at 8. What this all boils down to is that mom is upset that we're 'sleeping all day,' and i get the inpression that she thinks Gene and I are trying to withdrawl from the family or something.

And you know, I don't really appreciate that, the thought that I would be trying to remove myself for some unknown reason... The fact of the matter is that I'm twenty years old, and I've been living on my own for nearing four years. I'm not accustomed to having someone deciding when I should get up or go to bed, and...

Anyways, I didn't do much today. Tried starting the Harry Potter books, but I didn't get very far before falling asleep. I may try getting back to it after dinner. We cleaned a little bit, which I really don't mind, except in as much as it's implied that I don't do anything around the house anyways.

The Internet's been quiet, too. No emails, few LJ posts, fewwer comments. All in all, very uneventful.

I'm not angry with my mom, just frustrated by the implications and such, compounded by my cold (which given a little more sleep may be gone soon). Anyways, dinner's almost ready.

Comments

[photoholic62.livejournal.com]

Can you just TALK to your Mom and tell her these things in much the same way as you wrote them here? Mom's worry about odd things, that often have nothing to do with what is really going on. (Being a Mom, I know this.) For example, if she is on to you about sleeping all day, and withdrawing from the family, she could really be worried that you are depressed. Escape sleeping, and hermiting are signs of clinical depression that needs to be medicated. Perhaps just telling her that you have a cold, which is making you more tired than normal, will calm her down a bit. As for it not being noticed when you work around the house, well, you either have to do more for a while, or make sure someone notices you doing it. If, for example, you clean the bathroom at 2 in the morning, folks may notice it was cleaned, and not even think by whom.

But then, what do I know?

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-smirks- You know quite a bit, Dawn -- as you said, you are a mom. And yeah, I know moms worry about odd things, and like I said, I'm not really upset. Just strained nerves on both sides. The thing of it is, I've told her I have a cold -- most of my family has a cold -- and so I don't understand why she isn't recognizing that, you know? It'd be one thing if I were keeping my cold secret for some reason, but that's not the case.

Anyways, things will smoothe over once we all get some rest, I'm sure. S'the way of the world.

[higheststar.livejournal.com]

I know how you feel. My dad still comes in and says "It's pretty late Beth, bedtime." And I don't live here! I pay my own rent in a city 200 miles away! Drives me crazy every time.

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

-smirks- Yeah, it's that sorta thing. It doesn't bother me per se, but for a guy who's used to being on his ow, and making his own decisions and stuff... Yeah, that's how it is.

On the part about withdrawling from the family

[masqerade.livejournal.com]

I think mom my feel like she is losing all her children way too fast...I mean three of us have moved out of the house in less than four years. I can only imagine what that must be like...having my own children and all. Josh is going to be gone for pretty much the whole summer and some. It has to be pretty shocking and frightening to her. Her very big family is becoming much smaller in one way and much bigger in another, but right now I am sure to her it just feels like it is getting smaller.