Transplanting the Family Tree

Last weekend my brother came up to tour George Mason University and start looking at apartments in the area. He has yet to be accepted to the school (he just needs to finish a math class and send in his transcript), so I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high. But it would be so awesome if he moved here. Especially since the school is only about 5 miles from my house.

After Connor's tour of the school in the morning, I met up with him to look at some apartments in the area. Due to some poor planning on our parts, we only managed to actually see two apartments, but we got a sense for where things were in relation to the school and what prices might be like. Even with the lack of selection, I think the apartment we looked at is pretty much perfect. It's right across the street from the school, meaning he could walk both there and to downtown Fairfax. Keep your fingers crossed that he gets into GMU and that the apartment complex has openings that line up with his move dates. I'd love to have my brother living so close (even though I know my parents would prefer he move back to Colorado).

Given that one of my cousins currently lives in and is hoping to stay in NYC and the other just got accepted to school in Boston, I'm starting to get more family on this coast. I'm really happy, since one of the things I miss most about Colorado is being so close to so much of my family out there. Now that people are moving east, it will be that much easier for us to see each other. We're already beginning to establish a few traditions with my family (like Thanksgiving), and I'm hoping to see that continue in the years to come.