Kathy, I hope you don't really take that "MC Awards thread" seriously!
Stuff like that is only for games and giggles.
I think you're probably under stress...both with the things going on with your dad and whatever's been happening with you, too; that'll make you snap quick--stress will, I mean.
Just keep your head up through all circumstances as best you can, and don't focus so far out into the future but on the present. Your dad said nothing, and I can bet you the #1 thing he could love more than anything else is to get a simple card and write your love into it for him. Just pour your guts out and tell him you love him. That'll mean more than anything.
Unless you can afford a Corvette...