Going Crazy
So I've been back in Illinois for about a month now. Living at home with my parents again, oh joy. I'm trying to keep busy and clean up the place but I swear it's never ending. The laundry just keeps coming, I don't even know from where but it's non stop. I'm trying to set up my room, clear out my old room, and have a usable kitchen, but I swear every time I make a little progress it gets messed up. It is so very frustrating. I found a faucet for the kitchen sink, went to put it in, discovered all the pipes are corroded to no end and I'm afraid if I mess with it they will break off and I will have a bigger problem on my hands. Told my dad the pipes need to be replaced, and he claims the faucet doesn't need to be put in cause he replaced the washers and now the sink doesn't leak. I think he is on crack, the top leaks, underneath the sink near the shut off valve leaks, so really the bottom of the cabinet should be replaced as well. But I must choose my battles, right now I am working on trying to convince him to replace the twenty year old carpet in the living room that is stained and worn out like no other. I am doing so good and biting back any snide remarks that have come into my head. But it is getting harder and harder. I've been trying to cook and he claims he doesn't like half the stuff I cook, yet I remember him eating it when I was growing up, and he doesn't even try the stuff I cook. So far I have gotten him to eat spaghetti and that's it. I really hope I get this job that I have an interview for on Friday, at least then I will have something to take up my time. Instead of what I've been doing now. I really should go visit my friends since I'm back but I just really want to feel like I made a lot of progress in the house before treating myself to a night out. It's all just so frustrating. I really want to start working out again but there is no where to do it, cause the living room is to small and the basement is a mess. So really I need to work on clearing out the basement, then I need to find a tv to go down there that I can use and I'll be all set. Maybe I'll just bring my computer downstairs tonight and see what I can get done. I just really wish other people who lived in this house cared about the state it is in.