So, we only get a certain amount of days we can miss school with unexcused absences per semester, and I only have one day left.

I just used one a week ago, because right now's been a tough time for me and I've been needing the time to myself. Today I'm using my last day for the semester, even though there's still about four or five weeks left of the semester. I think I can make it through them, but my mom is saying I shouldn't use my day today because I might need it later.

I keep trying to tell her that I feel sick today and on top of that, I'm feeling depressed with some not so happy thoughts, that I really need the time to recuperate, but she keeps telling me staying home today would be a mistake.

It's starting to make me feel like she doesn't even care and is just worried about there being truancy problems in the future (Which there wouldn't be, I'm smarter than that). I don't like that she's not agreeing with me, she knows what I've been going through recently, I feel she should be understanding. My dad is acting the same way and it's really hurting my feelings which I don't need right now. I'm already depressed enough as it is.

I don't know what to do because I've already made up my mind. I'm staying home today. I know I might regret it later, but I have to do what I think is best for me. I WILL NOT be able to make it through work tonight and all day tomorrow if I go to school. There will have been absolutely no time for me to recharge and try to feel better. It would basically be school, home for ten minutes, straight to work for another five hours, then home for a few hours before I sleep, then straight to work the next morning. Hardly enough time for me to get the kind of relaxation that I need to feel better.

So I can't see why they can't just understand where I'm coming from.

Sorry for the long rant. D: