Going to get Toto.
My mom and I are leaving some time Saturday to drive to Kansas to help pack up my brother and move him to South Carolina. My brother, Josh, has been living in Kansas for quite some time now (I can’t remember exactly how long…too long I guess!) but having difficulty surviving on his own with a full time job at McDonald’s. He had been living with dad after he left S. Carolina years ago, up until last summer when dad and step-mom decided they were going to buy a house in Junction City which is about an hour or so from Lawrence (where they use to live). My brother was left behind at the old house after he wouldn’t give an answer to my dad as far as him moving to J.C with them, and so he’s had to take over all the bills and such - he gets hardly any help from his roomate Sean and it’s just become too much for him to handle. He wanted to start college, but can’t do so unless he gets some help from someone because the only type of jobs he can find around Lawrence at the moment are minimum wage jobs that don’t bring in enough income to pay all the bills AND give him the time to attend school, not to mention he’d only be able to work part time if he went to school fulltime.
And so…he finially decided it was time to move here because it’s the only chance he’ll have to either get an education or find a decent paying job to where he can save up and eventually start life the way he chooses too. My uncle has already looked into getting him a really nice job with the power company (uncle works there) so hopefully my brother will be good to go. It’ll be really weird though for me…and I’m sure for him too since we haven’t lived together in YEARS and with him having lived in Kansas, we hardly got to see each other during the year either. But with me, hopefully, going to Michigan by the Fall it shouldn’t be too bad. I’ll be gone for a week…I’m ready for a vacation even if it is to Kansas.
February 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Have a safe and fun trip!