I find it difficult to feel anything anymore.
There isn't much to look forward to.
I'm still going to need to ask my parents for at least R15 000 (about $1800) when I leave school.
Which means I can't really ask them for money to get TO America, let alone to live there or anything.
Although they do have some money saved up for my gap year. Which I wanted to use to travel a bit before I go to university. And I really, really want to do that. Maybe I'll just go work somewhere for 10 months, and travel for 2.
Fuck. Fuck.
I have to get at least one job next year (it's only legal to be employed at age 16 in my country). But that will still be something simple and low-paying.
I should be able to save at least another R3000 ($360). Should help a bit.
But...there are these two school trips i'm going on next year, that my mom has already started paying for. Total cost R5000 ($600).
Jesus. I take up a fucking lot of money. And I don't even buy that much stuff! I'm like my father in that way..don't buy much, but the stuff I do want is damn expensive, and I don't buy much of it.
Cost to just fly to the usa (i have no idea where exactly i want to go yet): at least R12000 (about $1440), seeing that this will be in 3 years time and prices will rise.
Cost of double mastectomy (whichever breast removal surgery): at least R25000, of which i can probably pay R10000. So R15000.
Cost of university fees? : FUCKING EXPENSIVE. My parents will only have enough money to get me one degree... I kind of want more than one. Cost: at least R115 000. For one degree. And that's now. And that's something i'm interested that is not hectically expensive. And that is only ONE FUCKING DEGREE.
Cost of school trips (for next year only, not counting other school stuff that's going to happen): R5000.
Total SO FAR: R147 000. That doesn't even cover living costs.
Jesus fuck.
Fuck.
Fuck.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK. Fuck going to a (fantastic) fucking expensive private school. All these things are just so fucking expensive!
Up until about age 25, I will cost my parents at least R500 000. That's half a million rand. Jesus fucking christ. That doesn't cover everything. That's just a rough estimate.
I am going to have to work my fucking ass off. So much. Starting from the fucking day I am legal to.
I feel so guilty now. I can't ask them for anything else. But the thing is, I know that half the time they will give me what I want. Even when they shouldn't. Oh. My. God.