Off to see the world

It all began with a phone call to my parents.

"Your brother is really disappointed right now" they told me. "He's been looking forward to this summer road trip all year and his plans just fell through, his friend can't make it anymore."

"So he just needs someone to go with him? Um, as long as he promises not to push me off the Grand Canyon I'll totally do it. It's not like I'm busy."

I tell Zach this on a call the next day. "Let me think about it," he replies, a bit hesitant.

A few days pass. "I've thought a lot about your idea. And I think, well what a great story to tell our kids one day, you know, I went on this adventure with your Aunt Emily one summer and it really made us closer," he paused, "or I'll tell them that's why they don't have an aunt."

And with that, the plans were made.

I'm still thinking of making him sign a contract though, no pushing me off a canyon.