Albert woke up fairly early to begin looking for a place to call his own. He didn't need to force himself to get out of bed and begin his day. Albert always loved growing up on a farm with livestock and things to do. It was part of the reason why he decided to live out his lifelong dream of becoming a country doctor. He would be on the go day in and day out; being up from sun up to sun down. When he was adopted by the Ingalls all those years ago he realized that he was able to show his knowledge and follow his dreams. If he was still living his old life on the streets of Winoka there was no way he would be able to live the life he was living. For all he knew he could have starved to death years ago the way he was going before the Ingalls showed up.
The young doctor got ready for the day and went out to the main living quarters to find Laura making breakfast for her family. Seeing his sister in the kitchen made him miss his family in South Dakota, but he was happy to be where he was. He always could communicate with his Ma and Pa through letters or the telephone, so it wasn't like he would never speak to them again. "Good morning, Laura," Albert said as he sat down at the table and pour himself coffee from the pot already laid out.
Laura turned around from the stove and smiled, "Good morning!" She finished putting the scrambled eggs she had made onto a plate and placed them on the table. "You're up awfully early."
Albert shrugged, "I can't stay here forever. I have to look for my own place at some point."
"But you just got here. No one is asking you to leave right away." The door to the home opened and Almanzo and Rose entered from doing morning chores in the barn.
"I might as well start looking before Doc Baker leaves and I'm forced to look in the dead of night after I am done for the day." Rose handed Albert a plate and she finished her daily chore to set the table for their meal. Albert was grateful his sister took him in for the time being. Her parents did the same thing for him when he was younger than Rose and didn't bat an eye. Of course, this situation was temporary but he was grateful nonetheless.
After he finished breakfast and helped Laura clean up the meal, Albert decided to walk with Rose into town then walk around neighboring farms and homesteads. Maybe if he walked around long enough he would find something that caught his eye.
I'm so sorry this chapter has taken me almost a year to post! Life has been crazy and I didn't forget about this story. I'm going to graduate from nursing school in less than 5 months and I've been focusing all my time studying and preparing for my future. However, I've been thinking about how I want to take this story and I didn't want to post anything until I had a great chapter for you guys! Thanks for reading! The more you review the more it keeps me motivated! Also, I apologize this is so short but I just needed to write something to get me back into the groove of this story!
