well this break sucks/unreasonable parents

Everything was going pretty well: I got into Orchestra with one of my buddies (both us are playing either alto/tenor sax =D), I ended the trimester with pretty solid grades, and I was going with a group of friends to hang out at the mall. The break seemed to be going off to a good start.

Now stuff starts getting worse when I get home. I'm tired from the outing with my friends (we walked from his house to the mall which was a 20-30 minute walk, and then walked around the mall several times.) My mom immediately asks me "when are you going to finish your college apps?" I tell her that I was tired and that I will work on them tomorrow. Fair deal, no? Well she complies with my request, or so I thought....

2 hours later, my mom comes into my room, starts yelling at me, and tells me "DO YOUR COLLEGE APPS NOW!" When I tried to remind her of our "deal," she breaks down crying, and starts threatening to do stupid things while saying (I shit you not) "If you don't submit your apps now, you won't get into college." Now I love my mom, and I didn't want her to do anything stupid, so I tried to reassure her by saying that I'll do my apps if she calms down. What came out of her mouth next just baffled me; "Finish your apps by tomorrow night or you'll regret it."

I'm applying to enough colleges. Though I finished the application parts, I still need to finish the supplements (except for Rutgers which I already submitted.) I know I shouldn't have procrastinated, but when you have to fill in supplements that are due over a month from now, you want to take your time. Upon hearing my mothers words, I felt so pressured. I knew that If i didn't do it, that my mom would make me regret it. This put so much stress on me that I just broke down mentally, and for the first time since watching Tae Guk Gi, tears were coming out of my eyes. Thankfully I managed to bargain with my mom and make it one supplement a day...

Well to be honest, I summarized the whole ordeal as best as I could, cause I'd take forever to explain the whole thing..

After finishing that one app I was supposed to do, my family went over to my aunt's/uncle's house for Thanksgiving. Cool, no problems there. When I get home, however, I decide to wait 1-2 hours before I went running down my block (as part of my exercise routine). So it was roughly 8:30 when I went running, and it was pretty dark. Unfortunately, while I was running, I tripped over the uneven sidewalk in such a way that I messed up my ankle pretty badly. After writhing in pain for a good minute, I finally managed to get up and make my way home. Thankfully I was close by my home when I tripped, so I didn't need to travel far. I immediately put ice on my ankle so it wouldn't swell, and I went to sleep after another 1-2 hours.

Woke up, ankle hurting a little less, and hopped around the house doing what I needed to. I sat down to watch the Dreamhack tourney, and luckily I tuned in to see Liquid'Tyler play. He was just about ready to face off against Inca, so I watched the whole match. After Tyler won, I go to the thread to comment on the match, only to be greeted by comments like:








I got kinda ticked when I read these...so yeah I felt the need to comment on that too. So as the day progresses, 11:00 a.m. My mom comes in and says "You didn't do your app today yet, you're not gonna get it done today at this rate" and then tells me that I have no intention of finishing college apps. She then tries to justify it by saying "Well it took you from September to November to complete 1 app, so at this rate you won't finish in time." Yeah...after that my mom would come in every hour or so to tell me the same thing, and I'd get progressively angrier each time. Thankfully she stopped now, but I would've snapped had she done it again.