When my dad got home, I gave him a really bad attitude because I was just starting my social justice paper and I was really hungry and I was in the middle of an argument with Andres. And then he came home and I took it out on him. He made me food and when he gave it to me, I apologized and explained to him that I got home late because of Kaplan, I’m really tired, I still have to finish up my homework, blahblah.

And he nods and says something like, “I was thinking about you today and how much you work and I really admire it.” Something along those lines.

And it was just so nice of him to say that that I didn’t even know what to say back. I just kind of nodded back because I have been working hard these past few weeks. And I told him that it’s because I didn’t do as well as I could’ve in the first two marking periods and I really need to boost my grades up.

But I don’t know. A lawyer who works all day, comes home, cooks for me, and helps me with my homework says that he admires me? How does that even make sense? I mean, not to mention that he does all of this and ends up completely exhausted by the end of it but he still talks to me for at least ten minutes a day. It’s like, what the fuck, dad, I admire you, it shouldn’t be the other way around.

I don’t know, I guess it’s nice that he understands how stressed I’ve been which is probably why he puts up with my mood swings as much as he does.