A Week With My Little Bro

The past week has just flown by.  My little brother came to visit from Tucson last Saturday and left yesterday.  I haven't seen him in several years and it was great to be able to spend some time with him.

He was hit by a drunk driver a couple years ago and lost his leg.  He's lucky to be alive, really, and is handling his disability well.  If I've learned nothing else from him, losing a limb is not the end of the world.  It's a lot of work, but you can get around well enough to enjoy a fulfilling life afterwards.  I always regretted not being able to come visit while he was in a coma following the accident, and I'm glad I did get to see him now.

The funny thing about siblings is how much like you they can be, but at the same time, so much different.  He's living a different life, having no kids and being single, so we really don't have a whole lot in common.  We both like some of the same geeky things that I turned him onto as a kid, like comics (we watched the Wolverine movie on Friday), video games, and computing.

I'm glad we did get a chance to spend some time together.  It just flew by and he had to visit grandma and our uncle and cousins, so I didn't monopolize his time, as much as I wanted to.  I took off work for most of the week and still didn't seem like there was enough time.

I'm afraid I may have fueled the gaming addiction with him, though.  We both played some Bad Company and Frontlines and he ended up buying them before leaving so he'd have them when he got home.  He'd never played online with his 360 before, but purchased a Live membership so he can play when he gets home.  If nothing else, we can play together and catch up, which we haven't really done on a regular basis before.  I usually talk to my dad every couple of weeks, but only spoke to him once every few months.  I can't wait to see what he comes up with for his gamertag and get a friend invite from him.  Love ya, bro.  See you online soon.