My Mother's Hypocrisy

"ok, so you are free this weekend with the exception of bringing essa, taking liz n abi to judies friday, picking up aunt tina to pick up cookies at1045am saturday, Pick up is at Larsen Transfer on Wellhouse Loop, witch is off of welsian way near the bowling alley, take my van and you can leave them in it cuz there is only 54 cases, (i accidently ordered boxes instead of cases) making sure you lock all the doors, especially the sliding one.  then taking the twins to gma and gpas so that you and essa can go to dinner at mimis, make sure you pick them up when you say you will plz.  Luv u." 


Is the email I opened after a very long week and a very long day. This is just before finals. The conversation started with me asking her about any achievements and awards I should name for a scholarship application. Instead of naming the quite of few that I've earned this year alone, she instead says that I get good grades, but I don't do Girl Scout Bronze/Silver/Gold awards like my younger sisters. However, I have explained to her more than once that the reason I refuse is because I would not get to choose the project and have to follow her orders and nothing would be of my own freedom. I have earned no respect as a child or individual from my mother. She expects me to waste gas to do errands for her while she goes down to California for a mini vacation. 
These are the things that drive me up the wall that she does

1. Assumes that I will do things that she tells me to
2. Makes me drive a gas guzzling car to run errands and doesn't pay me
3. Assumes that I even care about what she thinks about me
4. Assumes that I don't see right through her lies, manipulation and other things that a child should not have to deal with