Made it to the Tallahassee area.<\/p>\n
My Brother was at work when I arrived but I know the secret handshake to get into his place.<\/p>\n
It was so nice to walk into a silent house where the temperature wasn\u2019t 83 because unlike at my parent’s house the A\/C was on.<\/p>\n
I made myself a drink and sat down on the couch listening to quiet music. I guess I fell asleep because I lost some time. The sound of the garage door opening, woke me. I feel so at home in my Brother\u2019s place. Everything is neat and orderly unlike my house, and certainly my parent\u2019s place.<\/p>\n
But most wonderful of all was that the dang TV isn\u2019t always blaring. My Brother, like myself only turns on the TV when he\u2019s\u00a0actually going to watch a program. Neither of us are big on having shouting matches over the racket of the TV. If you\u2019re going to have a conversation, turn off the TV and set aside your phone.<\/p>\n
I drove him to work today and will pick him up tonight when he gets off. My being here allowed him to have some work done without needing to take a day off. I\u2019m glad I\u2019m not creating an inconvenience for him. I really like this part of Florida and wish that I could just leave California altogether.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019m hoping to be able to do exactly that in the next few years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sitting here in my Brother\u2019s living room I\u2019m catching up on stuff. The ticking of his ships clock on the shelf behind me is comforting and oddly calming. On some level, I\u2019m working through the issues that I observed at my parent\u2019s place. It is only a matter of time before my Mom will be too much for my stepdad to handle. Neither of them are spring chickens and both of them ingest a pharmacological cornucopia with each meal.<\/p>\n
I suspect the number of drugs they take will be increasing in the coming months or years. This might be why my Mom is hungry\/not hungry a lot of the time.<\/p>\n
Speaking of hunger, that\u2019s something I hadn\u2019t been until today. I\u2019m thinking about going out to find something to eat, after that I\u2019ll probably come back and see if I can finish a story I\u2019ve been working on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Made it to the Tallahassee area. My Brother was at work when I arrived but I know the secret handshake to get into his place. It was so nice to walk into a silent house where the temperature wasn\u2019t 83 because unlike at my parent’s house the A\/C was on. I made myself a drink … <\/p>\n