I just don't know where to begin... There's an avalanche of awfulness no matter where I look.

I just started my first job in mid August. I get paid every two weeks. I like to buy things, especially K-pop merch. I've still got a ton of money in the bank saved for a rainy day or in case I need to pull it for an emergency. Is that enough for my aunt? No, I have to scrounge like she does and go without, which is the exact opposite from what every teenager does, and not spend anything. Yes, I can spend a few dollars occasionally, but she gets onto me about everything! Even $0.99 earrings with free shipping! I may not know everything,  but I know when my spending has reached its limit. That's why I spend some of my paycheck WHEN I GET IT, and then stop ordering things until the next one comes in, but it's never good enough for her.

This school year is insanely tough on me, and I mean tough. Being in two AP classes, working a 15 hour a week job (yes it doesn't sound like much, but I'm working until mid afternoon everyday), and karate on top of that leaves me virtually no time to study. What little time I do have is spent on school work or studying, so I have no free time left whatsoever, which royally freaking . I know I shouldn't be complaining, and that I need to step it up and learn that school won't always be a place I can breeze by on like I did for the past three years (granted last year threw me for a loop because sophomore year was a lot harder than I took it to be when first starting). I'm coming to terms with that, but when I'm given 35 problems for math homework, a precis for English each week, incredibly long science equations every week, tests out the every week, tons of things to memorize, Spanish to learn when my Spanish teacher freaking and doesn't teach us anything because he expects everyone, not just the students he had last year (there are two Spanish 1 teachers, I had the other one last year) to be able to catch on quickly when in reality the other teacher's class didn't even finish Avancemos 1 last year! And here he stands at the podium spouting sentences faster than our ears can digest and expecting us to understand it, and the only ones who can are the ones who literally already speak Spanish fluently. -_-

As far as friends go, I don't even know anymore. My best friend ever, A, has been extremely pissy lately and acts very y towards me; ignoring me, giving me smart remarks, and she exaggerates everything and it gets very annoying, and no matter how much I try to tell her to at least calm down, she spouts off some other worldly excuse and carries on. My other friend, H, I've come to the realization is not really a good friend of mine any longer. 

And here we introduce L into the mix, a freshman who goes to my school and just started this year. Remember how I'm in karate? Remember (if I even told you guys last year) how I taught karate at the elementary school last year? Apparently I taught his little sister, and his mother joined karate with her daughter at some point, and now I take classes with his mother at karate. 

Great. Would be fine, right? Except for the fact he's a Casanova type. And he's literally like 15 only three days ago, if even that.

I turn 18 next month, guys.

And he flirts with me. IN THE OPEN. And then texts me all weekend, acts all cutesy and whatever, and then slams on me that he has a girlfriend out of nowhere. Wow, good job boy, you've really got your priorities straight. And no, I was not heartbroken about him being taken, I wasn't considering it anyways due to age (I refuse to date a younger boy). Just the fact he would do that behind his girlfriend's back terrifies me because what will he do in the future when he's older and married? Cheat on his wife with a harem of girls? I like him as a friend, and that's it.

Work has gradually gotten better. Since one of the girls moved back to her other job, I now have the main job of calling people and reminding them of their appointments instead of just answering the phones when it rings (I work at an optometrist's office). I'm very happy about that, because it allows the time to pass by quicker and I can handle those phone calls because all it involves is either confirming, rescheduling, or cancelling, and I know how to do all of that so far. I do get flustered when calling and getting a wrong number apparently (which happened like 3 times today), but I suppose it's fine.

*sighs* I'm just so stressed out right now, not to mention I've got family problems going on with some pretty heavy that I don't even want to begin to go into right now... I just pray I can get through this week at least, I'm gonna need all the help I can get after all. :c