Today I am not coping. It is a beautiful day outside, the weather is perfect and warm with a breeze, my outfit is cute, my face is clearing up, and I'm starting to loose weight. I should be happy. I'm not. All I can think about is how much I don't want to go home. I've spent the last week or so going through all my belongings and getting rid of things, and last night I tackled the craft supplies I had in the house. The whole time mom sat there going "Oh, you can't get rid of that!" "But you need that!" "I'll BUY it from you if you'll keep it!" It's hard enough letting go of things without her playing devil's advocate. At least now I know I wasn't born a hoarder - I was taught >.<
I went from 4 bins and 3 full suitcases of clothes to 3 bins, one of which is solely my good winter clothes. Everything else is in boxes in my car and I'm dropping them off at Goodwill tomorrow. I still have a lot of work to do, but the important stuff is done. I put all my cards and notes and important things from people in one bin, so when it's time to go I can grab that and pack around it. She doesn't have anything to hold over me anymore.
I've stopped trying to be nice to her. She insists on seeing the negative, do I've stopped trying to be quietly positive. It doesn't work. I wish I could say that's made my life easier, but it hadn't. All we do is fight. At least now my grandparents are actually seeing the efforts I'm making to clean up my life. Maybe now they'll start supporting me more.
HA.