playing mommy.

I am so sick of playing mommy for my brother. It seems like every time I turn around I am hearing one of these phrases:

"Take Nick to [insert place name here]."
"Make sure Nick gets something to eat before he leaves."
"Make sure Nick doesn't forget [insert item here]."
"Jordan, Nick has baseball workouts tomorrow so you need to pick him up."
"Jordan, Nick has to go to school early for tutoring tomorrow so you'll need to take him."

I mean, really? I am 17 years old, single, with no kids. Or so I thought. Until today when I realized that I do more errand running, chauffering, and cooking than my mother. Don't get me wrong; my mother is a wonderful lady and she does a lot (and I mean A LOT) for our family. I love her to death. I just find it annoying that my life now revolves around my brothers because I can drive.

My father only has his truck and the trailer is usually hooked up to that for work so I can understand that he doesn't want to drive around with the trailer. However, when our other 2 cars are at home and have no plans of being taken out, why can't he drive one of those instead of asking me to do it?

I may be a little selfish by complaining about this. But this week alone I have lost at least 4 hours of my time because I was shuttling him around town. Those 4 hours could have been spent doing homework, working on scholarships, or even just relaxing. I understand that I am helping out my family by doing this but I'm just ready for this to end. He gets his license in July. And July cannot come quickly enough.