Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Ironic: opposite of what is expected

I think I'm going to talk about irony. You see I had to make a poster on the vocab word, 'ironic' for English. The picture I drew depicted a more coincidental situation than an ironic one and I got docked points. It seems ever since then the world has been try to show me what ironic truly means. Lately I've been trying to go to bed earlier so that I can get up earlier therefore giving me time to work on my online class. Well, every night ended up the same and I stayed up a lot later than I wanted and never did get up earlier. Last night, though, I finally went to bed at nine o'clock and had set my alarm for six in the morning. I was just falling asleep by nine twenty when my step dad came in, turned on my light and told me to get up I'm leaving with my mom.
It's ironic that the first night I actually go to bed early I end up staying up till midnight. To make a long story short, my mom and step dad were having some problems and she called the police. I always wanted something different to happen in my life to sort of mix up the ordinary routine, but having three men in uniforms in your house isn't always so fun. At least my mom let me skip school today to catch up on my homework and sleep.
Another ironic thing. Today would probably have been the only day in a while I would get either time to myself or, if my mom stayed home, at least alone time with her. Having seven younger siblings can be fun when playing games, but having seven younger siblings also means that there's seven other kids competing for two parents' attention. I was hoping that, when I found out my mom had stayed home, we would have some time together, but then I saw my step dad. Well, that's how it goes right? Thank you world I think I understand what ironic means now! I can say one thing, I will never again misinterpret a vocabulary word, I mean what if next time I get 'chaos' or even worse, 'annihilation?' I think I'll keep my dictionary close by.