I sometimes envied him of his still being single with very few responsibilities and nobody to worry about except for himself. Picking up beer and snacks on the way to my brother in law's place, arriving at Tim's house after an hour drive no one was answering the door. The weekend came and not having anything I really wanted to do, I gave Tim a call to see if he was still going to be around. He was just calling to see what the heck was going on and to let me know if I got bored I could drop around his place and chug down a few beers and shoot the shit. So it was an out-of-the-blue surprise when I heard from Tim. With the arrival of summer, my wife and kids were off to visit relatives for a few weeks leaving me to my work and household' honey-do' projects. Because business was booming, I found myself traveling throughout the US quite much more than normal. I hadn't seen Tim, my brother in law, for the past couple of years.
