(Prepare yourselves, this is lengthy.)
So, next week my dad wants me to go to Washington DC with him and my cousin (by car) while my mom and the rest of the family go up north.
I really don't want to do either- I absolutely hate going up north, and I have no interest in spending my last week of freedom on a road trip (it would take 12 hours to get there and it's really hot as well).
I know I sound whiny, but next summer we'll be working on our extended essays and CAS and college crap, and I already had a lot of stuff planned for my final week.
I really want to stay home, but my parents are set against me spending nights on my own and fear something horrible will happen to me, like some Edward Cullen bursting in at midnight to violate me or something. (For the record, we do not live in a seedy neighborhood with a history of such happenings.)
Have any of you ever stayed home alone (for more than one day)? Is there any way I can convince my parents that I am old and responsible enough to do so? And is it scary?
Alternately, if going to DC is inevitable, is going there worth the drive, for those who have already gone?
Please respond! You will have my neverending gratitude!
So, next week my dad wants me to go to Washington DC with him and my cousin (by car) while my mom and the rest of the family go up north.
I really don't want to do either- I absolutely hate going up north, and I have no interest in spending my last week of freedom on a road trip (it would take 12 hours to get there and it's really hot as well).
I know I sound whiny, but next summer we'll be working on our extended essays and CAS and college crap, and I already had a lot of stuff planned for my final week.
I really want to stay home, but my parents are set against me spending nights on my own and fear something horrible will happen to me, like some Edward Cullen bursting in at midnight to violate me or something. (For the record, we do not live in a seedy neighborhood with a history of such happenings.)
Have any of you ever stayed home alone (for more than one day)? Is there any way I can convince my parents that I am old and responsible enough to do so? And is it scary?
Alternately, if going to DC is inevitable, is going there worth the drive, for those who have already gone?
Please respond! You will have my neverending gratitude!
