Broader Horizons

Some people broaden your horizons, expose you to new things, and push you outside your safety zone. It's good to experience different sides of life.

Take my brother, for example. Without him, my mother would have gone her whole life without meeting a bail bondsman or having a nervous breakdown when forced to deal with the whole "bailing-my-son-out-of-jail" situation. I would have gone my whole life without witnessing such a maternal breakdown and being the one who actually was then put in charge of the whole "bailing-my-brother-out-of-jail" situation.

Without my brother, our whole family could have gone our whole lives without meeting a single soul from the Dept of Human Services.

...or an alleged meth manufacturer and dealer.

...or the toothless wonders on his former wife's side of the family.

...I could go on. But I'm starting to feel white trashtastic.
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In happier news, my books cost $467 this semester. I did better than last semester, despite two of my books this term costing ridiculous amounts. I lucked out on the rest of them. Yay, me!

Posted by Jenelle at January 10, 2006 06:34 AM | TrackBack