longish rant to follow

[slam_girl]

Is there some unwritten rule out there that says when you go to college you must suddenly lead an interesting, indepdent life filled with clubs and friends and dating, etc.? My mother seems to be under that impression. I only just started and the school I go to isn't the most interesting place. I just want to get some of my core stuff out the way and try to get out of developmental math, I figure the interesting stuff will come at university next fall. But now that my mom works two jobs, she's always at work or talking on the phone or out with her new "friend". Good for her, really, it's great that's she's enjoying herself when she's not complaining about how she hates her job. But now that my siblings and I are older, are we not suppose to need her at all anymore? She's never been very good at balancing stuff so now we barely see her as it is. It's just the little things that bother me, like she said she would straighten my hair for me but she didn't b/c she was talking on the phone. Next semester she'll be working three jobs, I don't see how she'll have time to catch my brother up on his school work. She says she will but I seriously doubt that. And how am I suddenly suppose to have an active social life. Every time I did get involved in something, it didn't work out because of her schedule and I couldn't drive myself as I only got my license on my last birthday. I had to wait for her to do anything for years and now it feels like I'm an adult so I'm supposed to go off and take care of myself without so much as a see you later.

Also, as a side note, cream of wheat is evil. No matter how I make it, it comes out lumpy. I need to eat more real food.