Spring

My mother and I are beginning to fix up the house in preparation of putting it on the market in May. Our plans for moving have moved from June to July and I'm beginning to doubt I can participate in the exchange program next Spring as I had planned because of the move and it's quite possible we won't be completely settled down by then. I may end up not participating in an exchange program at all and just travel for a year before college instead. I still do plan on finishing high school early and am currently working on bringing all of my grades up to solid As. Because of the move, there is a chance of the family not visiting Russia in August as planned but my mother did mention just sending me off there this summer for a month.

Yesterday, after a particularly nasty row with my mother (one which including me throwing a glass bottle of apple juice out the car window), I realized that my life is way too nice. Apart from the occasional upset, I don't especially have any troubles to be dealt with. I don't ask for much -- I feel guilty when I do-- but what I do ask for, I usually get. I haven't been denied much in life. Not to say I live like some princess. My parents and I have lived in near poverty but I still never went hungry and always had presents for birthdays and New Years. To some extent, I've been spoiled. Thankfully, for myself and my parents, I haven't grown up under the impression that I can take advantage of the fact that my mama and papa are near saints.