My parents are like polar opposites, haha. My mum just doesn't really take much interest or think much of what I'm doing, but my dad is super supportive, even going as far as to help me out on Limbo Line by taking some epic photos of geese to go on Nine's PC xD And then we have my brother, who thinks I'm not a proper dev because I don't have a studio, I'm not being paid, and worst of all, because I'm making VNs, which he doesn't consider to be proper games >.>
Holy moly, you have a lot more confidence than me to go out to social events and stuff! That honestly sounds like my idea of a nightmare I'm that averse to socialising x3 Not only have I got my autism and social anxiety to deal with, but I'm a huuuuuge introvert, so it doesn't take much at all in the way of socialising to drain me dry, haha. I don't really feel as though I need any more people in my personal life anyways since I'm super close to my dad, lucky enough to have an amazing best friend (even if she does live 3 hours away from me, haha), and some really wonderful friends online too :3 That'll do me, haha. I don't think I could even physically cope with more than that even if I wanted to xD
More power to you though for putting yourself out there like that cos that really can't be easy at all! It must take a lot of guts :3
I sort of know what you mean though cos whenever I meet up with my best friend, just travelling to see her and hanging out with her feels like it shakes things up a bit :3 Along with reminding me that there is more to life than my usual daily routine and safety bubble. Sometimes it even gives me a bit of a boost to try and be more social, but whenever I've acted on that in the past it's just ended in disaster xD
I can't say I ever feel particularly gratified doing the dishes x3 More just a sense of irritability for the fact that I have to clean up after my brother cos he's too lazy to ever do it himself >.<" He won't even do them himself when my dad and I are away! We just come back to a giant pile of washing up and no clean dishes left to eat off of :( I tend to do them while doing something else, like making coffee or cooking dinner, just because I like it when I can get multiple monotonous tasks done at once to save time, haha.
Wow... That's just absolutely awful about your college admin. What a horrible and outdated attitude to have >.< I'm sorry you have to deal with something like that. They sound like assholes for treating you that way :( It shouldn't matter whether you got a scholarship or are paying tuition fees, everyone should be treated equally >.<
Not quite lemon tart, but I just had a mini limoncello pannetone for lunch xD Oh how I wish you could devour what you like without putting on weight x3 I love food, haha.
Hope you're getting to have a happy weekend at least :3