sdbgf - pt. 3

so i talked to his sister today. she was very not scary, and bubbly, and she led the conversation, so there weren't any awkward pauses or anything. apparently she's more of a phone person than an email person, and since she didn't know when i had last seen her brother, she thought phone would be easier.
apparently he's doing just fine. he's living in nowhere, iowa, a boring old bachelor who spends weekends at his parents'. he has no hope of finding a girlfriend (according to his loving sister), because he's so clueless, but he's happy how he is. he's saving up to buy some land and build a house, which is something he talked about way back in college, and is going for his surveyor's license.
and that more or less sums it up. doesn't remotely explain why he vanished, but it's nice to know he's doing well. i had to laugh, though. she kept talking about how he's not a phone person, so he never calls anybody. yeah, when he and i used to talk on the phone, i had to be sure i had at least 2 hours set aside so we could chat. i didn't tell her that, though. i didn't want to rat him out to a sister who is sure to tell his mother that he used to talk to this one girl for hours on end. you know, the sister who, when we were hanging up said, 'so is brandybuck your married name? or your maiden name? or...?' yes, dear, i know exactly what you were doing. :) i'm single.
so now she's going to tell him we talked, and give him my email address and telephone number (both of which he should have, the dork-butt), and who knows. he might contact me, he might not. at least i kind of feel like there's some sort of closure now. he's doing well, and that's what matters.