I thought that at 14, I should be able to be beach house by myself whenever I wasn’t in school.
When my mom and dad said that they were going away overnight, I was frustrated when they told myself and others they were going to get a babysitter for me.
I didn’t need a babysitter, and I voiced that quite loudly. My dad told myself and others that I either stayed with the babysitter, or I went and stayed with my Grandparents. That wasn’t a taxing option to make, since my Grandparents lived right next door to our house. I was sure I could talk my Grandma into allowing myself and others to spend the evening in my own bed, instead of in her house. I could not have been more wrong. When she told myself and others the Heating and A/C worker was going to be at her house the next afternoon, I provided to stick around while she and Grandpa went shopping! She was positive that the Heating and A/C worker would show up when they were home, and she loved my sticking around the house. As they were walking out the door, my Grandfather told myself and others to not let anyone into the house until I saw a company batch. He’d already notified the Heating and A/C company that I was going to be alone, and whoever showed up to work on their oil furnace would have to show their badge before they could come into the house. I now felt like a six-year-old who wasn’t even allowed to close the door to their living room and fear their mother getting frustrated. What made matters even worse, was when my Grandma allowed myself and others to stay in my bed in my own house, but my Grandfather had come over with me.