I went for a walk at around 1:30 this afternoon. On a whim, I asked Jason if he wanted to come. I didn’t expect him to say yes. He doesn’t often come walking with me or my mum. He had just woken up and his hair was standing up like a cockatoo‘s crest. But he said yes, hold on, I’ll get changed. And I said, okay, it’s warm, you’d better wear short sleeves.

So we spent the next hour wandering around our neighbourhood. I live in a nice place for walking. The houses have pretty gardens, there are parks nearby and the footpath goes up and down. The up-and-downness is not so good for skating or riding but it makes for interesting walking.

Jason is on the cusp of making some decisions. I like making decisions. I like to research, weigh up the pros and cons, scenariocise the various options with my vivid imagination. Jason doesn’t like decisions as much, especially when he doesn’t know what he wants.

He will be going to California at the end of November to work for three months as a computer science intern. He doesn’t know what he wants to do after that. His options are:

• Come back to Australia and do Honours
  

• Come back to Australia and enrol in another degree or do further training
  

• Come back to Australia to find a job
  

• Stay in the US to work some more

Jason has had enough of studying computer science but he doesn’t like the job prospects with a straight Bachelors degree.

After walking a while, we decided that he should re-enrol anyway and if he wants to do something else next year, he can take intermission. That way, no concrete decisions need to be made for another year.

Why would you, my readers, be interested in all this? I don’t know. I just felt like writing a straight, cheese sandwich sort of entry.

After we solved his problems, I got to listen to my brother enthuse about his car and all the plans he has for it. BOYS. *roll eyes*

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