The Latte Rebellion (2011)
The Latte Rebellion
“They were atrociously nosy, asking me if I’d gotten any news from colleges yet because so-and-so’s son or daughter had already heard blah-freaking-blah from the University of Smart and Successful People. I just told them I hadn’t gotten anything yet—which was, of course, a fib—and that lots of people at my school were still waiting to hear—which was true. I didn’t tell them about Carey’s successes. If I did, it would just invite a lot of conversations I really didn’t want to have.
I could see i...t now. My mom would say, wistfully, “Oh, wouldn’t it be so nice if the two of you could be roommates at college? You could study together every day.” Puke city.
Meanwhile, my dad would say, “So why haven’t you heard anything? I knew those grades from last semester would come back and bite you in the ass. You’re lucky we were so proactive or you might have to be taking summer school instead of going on that vacation you think you deserve. Speaking of which, ha ha.”
It was such a hideous vision of things to come that I completely threw myself into school activities, mindless busywork, anything to keep my mind off the confrontation that would hopefully never happen.MoreLess
I could see i...t now. My mom would say, wistfully, “Oh, wouldn’t it be so nice if the two of you could be roommates at college? You could study together every day.” Puke city.
Meanwhile, my dad would say, “So why haven’t you heard anything? I knew those grades from last semester would come back and bite you in the ass. You’re lucky we were so proactive or you might have to be taking summer school instead of going on that vacation you think you deserve. Speaking of which, ha ha.”
It was such a hideous vision of things to come that I completely threw myself into school activities, mindless busywork, anything to keep my mind off the confrontation that would hopefully never happen.MoreLess
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