I'm bored.
You know, in times like these; Where I'm sitting in the back of the car, no internet to help me nor holding the sense to download something entertaining that I could do without the internet.
One really realizes how important wifi is to their emotional stability, well, I noticed mostly from Ki's shaking before I gave her dad's old gameboy.
Which left me without the only source of entertainment I had planned for the trip, and she didn't even seem to be enjoying it that much!
"If you don't like it, then give it back." I said, my gaze giving a stare worth more than a thousand words. Basically spelling out; 'You ungrateful little shit, how dare you not enjoy that!? Either enjoy my grace or give it back right now you living waste of air!'
"No!" Ki said, bringing the ancient piece of history to her chest as if it were an ancient treasure that could bring eternal life to the one who owned it "I like it!"
"Them make the most of it." I said, a wee bit of anger coming into my voice as I looked out the window.
It would take multiple more hours to get to our new home out in the boonies, let's just hope there's an internet connection there.
I stayed like that, watching whatever passed while mom was listening to some music with her own phone, very obviously sleeping even if she would contest that fact.
...I had never met my grand parents before actually, I've only ever heard of them before. They never visited even when dad's business fell apart due to his clear lack of a grindset, he even left time for his wife; what a dissapointment.
But yes, I've never met them no matter the occasion. I had never lived there, though we moved to our previous home 6 years ago, before that we lived in two other places besides it.
From what I've heard they popped-off with either oil or gold futures like 40 to 30 years ago and have been enjoying their life and following the old tradition of not supporting their children after they become adults while traveling all around the world.
It was surprising they were even still alive considering they were around 70-ish years old by now, they were supposed to be at the mansion for only a moment when we arrived; being there to hand over the keys to our new place of residence.
Which was kind of strange, considering they were going for a long-term hands-off approach to parenting adults, but... Eh, fine with me. We were going to be living in a property that's been in the family for like a century...
I'm not exactly sure how old it is or how long it's been inherited, but it was a mansion, so it was going to be huge.
Maybe a bit rundown yes, but that was normal considering that people hadn't lived there for more than a decade, though it's probably not that badly maintained considering its still a family heirloom.
As these thoughts muddled in my mind, my eyelids slowly lowered, and I drifted off beyond regular cognition...
"Hey, wake up!" I suddenly heard, slightly confused by where I was as a weak slap crossed my face.
Oh, I had fallen asleep "What is it, rat?- I mean Ki."
Not noticing that my real thoughts about her had popped-up in my last few words against her, she started to whine "We're finally here and mom and dad forced me to get you up! I can't believe this, if you weren't so lazy I could already be playing in my new room!
Get up quickly, I wanna choose a room!"
"Yea, yea, I'm wide awake. You can go choose your room now." I said, forcing down a yawn as I stretched slightly.
Watching her hop out of the car excitedly and off wherever the house was, I couldn't help but slightly. Though she was annoying, she was still flesh and blood...
Even if that consideration was moot as a follower of the sigma grindset, I could still appreciate it even if I never took it into consideration.
Finally letting out a yawn, I got out of the car myself, closing both the door I had gone out and the one Ki left open.
Turning around, my gaze finally settled on the house I would be living in for at least a few months.
...Less than expected in all honesty, I even saw some obvious spiderwebs through one or two of the old-timey wimey windows. The porch could also do with a renovation in all honesty, even if the rest of the house was actually in respectable condition in all honesty.
All it would take was a bit of polish, and I could see it selling for quite a lot.
...Maybe he could get Ki to mow the lawn, or at least convince mom to make Ki mowing the lawn the punishment of choice instead of standing in the corner, because it 100% needed a good trim.
With the rudimentary inspection done, I looked around, finding two old coots standing around and chatting with my parents.
So they looked pretty healthy, as if they were 60 instead of 70.
Guess it's time to meet my mother's parents, or at least introduce myself.