georges

i'm still wondering--who was George? why did that girl whine so much to see him? for a kid to refer to people as "George's parents," obviously the couple was at least middle-aged. (though who today knows what 'middle-aged' refers to anymore?) i keep thinking that these parents of George must be elderly people, and then it would make more sense for this family to drop in for a visit. but still, who is George in all this?
and i never begged to visit old people when i was young. i still don't. old people make me uncomfortable. i never know how loud to speak or what slang i should or should not use. i even take it to the point of cutting out contractions from my speech. that's not a conscious effort, though, or if it is, just barely.
in 6th grade we volunteered as a class at the nursing home in town, and that totally weirded me out. i hope i'm not this uncomfortable when my friends are all old with me, or life will be super weird.