He thanked Charlie , the driver , and hobbled into the locker room . The stale smells of sweat , old tape , wet carpet and Icy - Hot liniment assailed his nostrils , and he grinned at the familiarity of it . He looked around the room and his eyes lit on Jack 's locker . He made his way over to it and , just like Jack , everything was neat and in its place .

A: How do I know Jack ?

Politics sure is hot . The names that are linked to them are spicy hot too . Guess what I found when I was at a food centre over the weekend . A stall that sells Thaksin Beef Noodle .

A: What 's a possible reason the writer was at a food centre over the weekend ?

So - I hit the 6 month mark on Friday , the same day we went to visit my BIL and family . His wife ( they got married in Oct ) are expecting their 1st in October ( this is the same SIL that I was so upset when I found out she was pregnant ) . Anyway - we went to see them , and Aaron snapped a picture of us with our bellies together : Needless to say - I was already MUCH bigger ( and taller ) than my SIL before I got preggo - but I think it 's a cute picture .

A: Why is the narrator so focused on family ?

Our father suffered terribly in his quiet way and sometimes in an unguarded moment our normally stoic dad would drop his calm demeanor and his sadness would leak out through his eyes . At 22 , after a tip from a young cousin , I made a few phone calls to a college in the middle of nowhere and told a couple of lies so big even I would n't have believed them to an unsuspecting soul in the registrars office . It worked somehow and she confirmed my sister was enrolled that semester before giving me her home phone number .

A:
Where is the narrator 's sister residing ?