so i just found out my Dad sold our house. We had a family who were interested in the house and Dad set a price and told them under no circumstances would he budge. he budged. and they move in here in January. Like...fuck. I can't even begin to express how disappointed I am in my Dad for doing this. My Dad is retiring (again) in December and is ready to move on to the next phase in his life. Unfortunately for him no one else is yet. But being the male that he is, he hasn't listened to a single word any of us have said and has done his own selfish thing anyway. I always always said that when Mum and Dad downsized from here and moved on in to the next era of their lives I would move out. They promised me it wouldnt be before my trip to Ireland in April next year so I was mentally preparing myself to go away, come back, pack and move on. This now means I will be finishing out the semester, possibly doing our US trip, coming back and packing and looking for a proper job at the same time. I dont want to move out in to a new house with them, I would rather go and do my own thing and not have to move then move again. I guess this puts a big fat question mark over my Ireland trip now and it means I have to save every penny I can between now and end of sem (which isn't going ot be easy considering how screwed my work situation is right now). I am really disappointed in my Dad. Incredibly. I feel like I'm not able to do things on my own terms now, but rather on my Dads own selfish agenda. It might seem petty that I'm upset but my family has always been pretty close and this was just the most selfish thing my Dad could have done. I really wonder why my Mum has suffered with him for so long. She should have left him years ago.

Anyway...

this isn't being helped by the fact I am incredibly sick. My ears are ringing, I have a fever and my ears and throat are throbbing. It sucks to be me today.