I know I didn't descend from apes and really, that's all that matters.
No one is saying that you did. What the TOE says is that both you and other apes descended from some common ancestor.
And as has been pointed out, humans ARE apes, just a different species of ape.
Why does the possibility frighten you so much? The common ancestor is far enough back that it really doesn't matter to what YOU personally are.
"I know I didn't descend from apes and really, that's all that matters."
The very basic piece of information you're missing is that the theory of evolution does not deal with the evolution of individuals. It deals with species. You are a member of the species Homo Sapiens. That species evolved a very, very long time ago, from another species of Homo, which also evolved from previous species of hominids.
I'm trying here, but you really must read something so you won't sound so foolish.
Actually, humans are apes.