I didn't get to go to New York. I couldn't get free. I hate it here. I hate that I'm stuck here. I hate my parents. They brought me here.
In one day my life went from decent to shit. I caught a major sunburn. I got dragged into work when they found out I was going to take time off. Oh, yeah, and just because I thought about going on a roadtrip I caught major shit with my parents. I didn't even get to go outside city limits, but because I thought about it, I'm grounded. They took the keys to my bike and the spare to the sportage. They took my iPod, my cell, and my checkcard. They think I'm doing my homework, but I'm probably going to catch shit for posting this too. You know what?
I. Don't. Care. I'm 18, I'm not a little kid. Never seen my dad so angry before, it was kind of scary. But not as scary as my mom. It was almost like they were different people.
The only thing I have to look forward to now is work. I got a promotion. Yay? If I knew trying to quit would get me out of the mailroom, I would have done it sooner.
I don't know if I can tell my friends what really happened. Would they even believe me? Jimmy might, but I don't want to scare him off. I mean, how do I say 'Remember one time you got blinded by weird light? You're lucky I didn't kill you by accident' and not sound crazy? ...or worse.
He said if I could control it, I could make it so the light wouldn't hurt me. I can learn. I will learn.