Well it sounds like you're doing alright then. One can only hope your Dad will support you as long as you're doing your best every day. That's all a parent can really expect, even if it took a little longer to get your fire lit. Some people are lucky to have more reasonable parents than others, but that's life too.
My son flunked out of college right after high school. He aced the two college classes he was interested in, Biology and Math, and ignored the rest. Homeward bound he came. We let him live here as long as he had a full time job and finally gave him a deadline to find a way to support himself.
When he saw his friends all graduating, and getting cool jobs - not being children anymore - he got pissed at himself and went back with a purpose. Now he's 25, a Junior Chemistry major/Math minor doing research and tutoring, his university's student-representative for the American Chemical Society, and loving it all.
It took a while, but now he's as proud of his accomplishments as we are. And bye the way, he's up to his nostrils in student loans. He'll figure that out too.
We wondered if he would ever ever wake up, but he did. It takes some longer than others.
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