Pulling out of his driveway in his fancy car, Tyler sensed something was wrong, but as usual, he ignored his gut. This feeling had been plaguing Tyler for several years now, you know, the kind that says your life isn’t worth anything. Tyler had the life everyone wanted. He had a big house, a high-paying, executive job, a fancy car, a ravishing spouse, and a lot of money. Most people would say “Screw morals! I want that,” but Tyler wasn’t that way. He missed his old life, his old way, submersing himself in the action, being with all kinds off different people everyday. His wife, Kelly, was never doubtful about their marriage or about their life together. And Tyler felt the same way. All this was going through Tyler’s mind on his way to work, as it did everyday, but today something clicked. He wanted out.

Roy was just about done with packing. He was going on a three month expedition around the country. He lived a rather comfortable life, backpacking around to different people, staying with friends and family, and the occasional motel. He was sincere with his life, it was good. He would always claim, “The only bad thing I ever did was hire a, umm, never mind.” He wouldn’t change a thing in his life for a kajillion dollars. He did marry, and she was nice. There was nothing absolutely special about her, but they loved each other enough, and shared common interest in Backpacks. That was good enough for Roy.

I, myself still lived in Phoenix, and I lived a very good life. It all went according to plan, being a Government Official with rank of Captain/Doctor. I probably won’t appear much in this story, but if I do, it will be as a minor character. Thank you.

Andrew grew up, and after moving out of his mother’s house a tad bit later than the norm, became an honest American citizen. He lived a decent life by himself in Ohio Valley, CA.

Brenda. She is so fun to write about. Everything she does presents a challenge to overcome, an obstacle to surmount. I don’t like to be challenged. But, Brenda still lives in Phoenix, happily married as one man can tell you. She lives a very good life as a certified public accountant, and has several children with her spouse that treats her well. After going shopping, Brenda implored her eldest child, Alexander, to help her with putting things away. Receiving a peck on the cheek from Hubby, Brenda finally sat down, she had been standing all day, walking from here to there, Spot A to Spot B. A huge sigh and she was at peace. There was this feeling of anxiety in her, something she had only gotten last week, like something was going to go wrong, but it hadn’t yet. She didn’t know what to expect, and she didn’t know what to hate more, the not knowing, or the wait…
Tyler, once again, pulled into his normal spot, as his so-so building, at the same office park, to go to the same job he went to everyday. He was an excellent employee, with an excellent staff, and his outcome was an excellent report. He lived to same mediocre, boxed-in life, doing the same thing everyday, the same-old same-old never got old. But there was some variation in his same, boring schedule. Today, for instance, Tyler had a Staff Evaluation. He had to rate everybody who worked under him, and rate them, and see if they were worthy of a promotion, or deserving of a demotion. He had his evaluation days earlier, with his executive, and he, as always, got E for excellent. But today, today he got to work with his NEW secretary, if you know what I mean. He met up with her on the second story of the building, and “escorted” her to the top, where his, and consequentially, her office was. They started out just fine, for she was a mighty fine looking young woman, and Tyler was a mighty mediocre looking man. And, as we all know, Tyler will never get any…

Brenda was tired of being your stereotypical 1950’s housewife, robed in the mighty apron of suburbia. She wanted to be like more modern women, equal to men in the workforce, and a constant supplier of income for the family. She wanted to get a job. So, she went to Comtown Industries, one of the only hiring companies that was at least a “DON’T SELL” on the stock watch shows. She was greeted quite warmly in the lobby of the building, and she, just as the new secretary, was escorted to the top floor of the building to talk with tycoon Tyler Comtown himself. She was a nice looking woman, and she knew that would help. Sitting in the waiting room of Mr. Comtown’s office for quite some time, and after hearing several loud wails, groans, and thumps coming from within the office, and a very flustered, very satisfied young woman came out of the door, followed by Mr. Comtown, equal in appearance to the secretary. He took Brenda’s hand, shook it, and ushered her into his rather upscale, rather large place of work. Apparently Brenda had some sort of charm, some congeniality that attracted Mr. Comtown’s work ethic procedures, because moments later, she had a new job. Oh, and having a degree in Business Management, with a minor in finance doesn’t hurt either.

Roy and his homie/wife clasped up their packs and set out on an expedition of a lifetime, an expedition to the farthest reaches of the world, a voyage to unknown lands, and a trek to places never before seen, by the normal people in the country, at least. They went to the airport. There, Roy, after several difficulties, some implied by his own, um, illogical, yeah, that’ll do, thinking, and after buying several water bottles, because before they passed through security, Roy threw out over three hundred dollars in bottled water, they boarded the plane. Unlike true backpackers, Roy and his homewife often took airplanes to more suitable starting off locations, and again, unlike most backpackers, they loved the show THE AMAZING RACE. Seriously, come on, really…

Sam, I mean I, went to the supermarket. I bought some cabbage. I paid for it and went home. I made some Cabbage/carrot/correct proportions of mayo/nothing else mixture. I fed it to myself and to my family. I cleaned up the kitchen. I cleaned up the table. I sat down at the computer and I did some work from earlier in the day. I helped the children with their homework. I watched Law and Order, SVU, oh, would you look at that, the second best TV show is still running, even after crap like SURVIVOR, and AMAZING RACE, and AMERICAN IDOL, and all the other crappy reality TV show, with the exclusion of the actual good ones, like DANCING, WITH THE STARS! impeding its time schedules. I drank a glass of water. I sat down at my laptop and calculated some stuff for work. I was the only person mentioned in this story who lived a normal life. So, eat that, won’t ya!