I guess the moral of the story is to care less about what other people think...
If I am doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing, if I am following the rules, if I am making the most if my time and my life without negatively affecting others, then it shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. The people who are in charge of my care know exactly what I am going through, and I simply need to stop trying to justify every decision I make to people who have no idea how I feel on a day-to-day, minute-to-minute basis.
:)