Frustration..... read on

Today when I got home from cross-country jogging practice I could hear my parents yelling at each other. It seems like all they ever do nowadays is fight. Of course, when I arrive they act as if everything is fine and they're not mad at each other. I guess I couldn't really hear them fighting at all. I never really hear or see it happening or know about it happening, but I just know that it's happening. I just do. When I asked my mom why she always fights with my dad, she denies it vehemently and asks me why I think they're fighting. When I ask my dad, he assumes I'm joking. I'm not joking. I'm not. I think they're trying to start a divorce with one another, possibly even at the same time, sometimes.

It seems like everything I do in my life is a coup d'état. I just can't get anything right. My sister is the star volleyball mascot and has over 5 silver ribbons for her swimming mastermind elite. Dad is always buying her new scarves and taking her out for chocolate sherbet banana splits. She gets the top grades in her class and she's the prettiest girl in Meatfjord, aside from Brutsey Springsteinerson. I'm flunking pre-algebra 4 and my best friend is mustached. All my mother and my father do is yell at me at a reasonable volume suggesting well thought out and rational ideas on how I might be able to improve my life situation, in my own best interest. Sometimes I wish I was African American.