Moving with the winds down the highways of goodbye

 Jake didn't want to be a procrastinator, but there was so much to do and think ahead. It felt impossible to get back to Chicago quick enough.

"I don't mean to keep putting you off, but I still have to train somebody for my job at the library," he said to Macy over the phone. "I've still got to get things packed in the apartment. And well, I'm trying to get my resume ready. I don't want you thinking I'm a freeloader."

Honestly, this whole upheaval was making him sick. He guessed he didn't like change any more than his brother Jonas. What was weird was that Jonas was doing his best to help him make this move.

It would probably be the middle of next month before he could move, but Jonas wouldn't hear of it. He came over to start packing his stuff. He'd even set up a time for him to use a U-Haul trailer.

"What is going on?" Jake felt so overwhelmed.

"Bro, you need all the help you can get," was Jonas' favorite line. Jake guessed he was right.

Back at the library, his supervisor was trying to help him get on at the University where he'd taken his library classes.

"You can teach online classes anywhere," she told him. This seemed too good to be true. 

"How long will that take?" Jake felt restless. Could he actually get through this? 

"Oh, I don't know, maybe by the fall." She said about the matter.

"THE FALL?" That was too far away. Jake needed a job now. He just couldn't think straight, but she went ahead and sent in a good recommendation for him.

"We'll have to wait and see."

Jake wasn't optimistic, but he did at least train a library clerk to take over his interlibrary loan job.

"I'm sure you'll find something." Still, he felt lukewarm about the idea.

For the first time, he'd never felt he was walking on a tightwire. Was this the right thing to do? Still, every night, Macy gave him hope that it would be OK. "We'll get by somehow, I promise."

Yet, he felt a little shaky as if the future wasn't as bright as he'd hoped.