Mai’s Blog

Mai Vang

English Comp 1

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2/26/07

Description:It’s so hard living on my own.

Living with parents vs. Living on my own

Living on my own and having so much responsibility can be a pain. Having no time for anyone or anything, but just go to school and go straight to work. That leaves me no time to do my homework. While living with my parents, all I had to do was just go to school and do my best. I didn’t have to worry about anything.

While I was still living with my parents, I did not have to worry about getting a job or paying bills. That was their job to pay for everything. They had to buy foods for the house and had to be responsible for everything around the house. All I had to do was just attend school every day and get good grades. That was what my parents really wanted. I was 17 years old when I graduated for Denfeld High School. My parents told me that they were proud of me like every parent would be when their children are finished with high school. My parents wanted me to go to college and I wanted to go to college myself.

Summer passed and I turned 18 years old, which was when my parents told me that I am old enough to go and find a job. I was shock just because they never said that to me before, so why now? It had me thinking. I finally went to apply for college after a long year. While attending school atLake Superior College, I wanted to move out. That’s what I did, I moved out and lived by myself.

While living by myself I had so much fun that I forgot I had bills to pay. Bills came and piled up, it gave me a big headache. I had so much stress I didn’t know what to do. I talked to my parents about my bills and they agree to help me pay for my bills. I had a job but it didn’t do any good because I had to pay for my rent, car, and cell phone bills. It was a really big pain. I realized that I didn’t like living on my own anymore, I really wanted to move back and live with my parents, but I didn’t want them to think anything stupid about me. So I decided to go and find a new job.

Now I work 40 hours per week and it’s killing me. I had no time to hang out with family or friends at all. I was really busy doing my own things, and on top of that is my school work. After all, I did manage to pay for my bills. But every now and then my parents they would help me out. Being able to live with my parents was great because I didn’t have to worry about paying for any bills. Now living by my self is a pain, I really hate it a lot. Now I have no freedom or what so ever. I to go to school and go straight to work and now I’m now used to it. Life is going great right now everything seems to go smooth now, and hopefully it stays like this.