As most of my family and those closest to me will say, my whole life is a break since I do not work and have very little responsibilities. However, I do have my fair share of doctor’s appointments and some family engagements to attend which I’m expected to do without complaining even if the time for these requirements is early on in the day when my biggest complaint is that I’m a night person and that I love to sleep during the day. Mom will often respond to this by saying that my life could be harder and that I have nothing else to do. This conversation usually takes place at times when I must go somewhere early or do something that I do not find desirable. She will say that my unwillingness to do what should be done at that time stems from laziness rather than a need to shift my schedule around which requires me to work or something I do routinely which would otherwise take away from my ability and willingness to attend a doctor’s appointment ETC. She says that I do not have to miss work or something important and that all I need to do is give up one day out of a million of sleeping in and staying in my pajamas and going out only in the evening as most of my scheduled appointments are during daylight hours which is to my dismay. Most of these arguments end with the threat of me being forced to seek out employment if I fail to attend an appointment when necessary to possibly give me a reason to not be able to attend the engagement in question. This also leads mom to believe sometimes that I need a taste of the real world and that maybe having a job or some type of daily responsibility would lead me to not complain so much about having to do something as simple as taking one day to do things that are necessary and show me that life isn’t always centered on doing just what I want to do, ETC. However, despite saying this numerous times, I know she would never go this route as she feels as though me having a job is more work for her in terms of me getting ready and willingly going without complaining. It has been determined based on my lousy work output while at my first job along with the countless mornings she had to endure me complaining about having to get up early and that I didn’t want to go, the bus being late all of the time as well as finding every excuse not to show up to work on any given day that I cannot enter the work force. For this reason, anytime she uses this threat, (as I will refer to it,) it’s basically just to scare me into doing whatever I have to do willingly if this doesn’t involve going when I want or where I want, ETC.

If anything, I would say I need a break from having a break if this makes any sense.

By Jefferson Bert