Abandoned:

This morning my mother left us kids and went to New York where my dad is on a business trip. Other than having to find a ride home from school it hasn't been different from any other day. The framers are outside working on our addition to our house, as normal, and my brother is noisily eating cereal. I am also on the Internet like I usually am doing the things I usually do. In half an hour the bus will pull up to my house and the younger two will get off, as normal. The only weird thing is we are actually just doing our chores without having to be asked. I guess its because it feels more like a responsibility. Kinda like camp, you don't dread cleaning the bathrooms or tables, you just do it. It's weird thinking that both my parents are across the continent. It doesn't seem like it.