Borrowed Time: Three Days to Go

My brother and his girlfriend left this morning. Destination: Portland, Oregon. It's the first moment of recognition for me. His room is empty. The occupancy of the house has dropped by one.

I'm thrilled by the prospect of living elsewhere. A big city where it rains and yet at the same time sympathize with my parents and grandparents as they adjust to a change in a situation which has been more or less the same for the last 24 years. I struggle with the way that almost all of my friendships will be altered by this choice I'm making. I don't think it's a right or wrong/good or bad choice but it's going to change my life regardless. As Steve Zissou says at the end of Life Aquatic, "This is an adventure." Indeed.