👻🕸️💀🦇🎃🕯️mk30🕯️🎃🦇💀🕸️👻 on Nostr: my dad is supportive of my new wastewater education journey (he respects the ...

my dad is supportive of my new wastewater education journey (he respects the engineering part of it and has a newfound appreciation for water).

my mom is not happy because she thinks it's "gross" and that i'm her princess*, and "what will i tell my friends, that my daughter works with garbage?", but she is happy because she can once again ask me "how was school today". i'm one of those sullen children that stopped telling my parents anything about my life around age 13 (they are not safe recipients of that kind of info), so being able to ask a sullen child "what did you learn in class today?" is a gift for the parent.

as for me, i'm fine. adjusting to a much busier (for me) schedule. i'm used to having 95% of my time to myself, so it's an adjustment. also trying to figure out how to stay engaged in online classes.

pop quiz: what are the things that must be considered when coming up with possible alternatives to a new municipal wastewater facility? answer: uhhhh....population growth? let me check the reading... 😖

* the princess thing is super weird and i've only recently realized that this really is how she imagines me to be. which is bizarre, because i'm quite schlubby, enjoy digging in the dirt, don't mind living in my shack in the woods, hate being in positions of power over people, don't have a taste or longing for fancy things, try not to see myself as being above others, don't particularly value wealth, and usually i'm not particularly clean. i *do* enjoy leisure time, but i don't expect anyone else to provide for me...

anyway, i guess this "princess" thing is one of the reasons she's so disappointed in me in general: when you imagine yourself as the queen and imagine your daughter as your perfect princess, it would certainly be a big disappointment to end up with ME. sorry mom, i am what i am: much more of a forest hag than a pretty princess.