Coupla things leapt out at me

For ten years, he has been building his second home
For plumbing and good food? Well, I'll probably walk about 100 feet to my house.
This fall Alan enters the University of Illinois to study mechanical engineering.
THE KID IS EIGHTEEN AND THEY KEEP REFERRING TO "HIS SECOND HOME" AND "HIS HOUSE"!The kid lives there thanks to Mom and Dad owning the property, and he's talking as if THEIR house is HIS house! Thank your lucky friggen stars your parents are so damn understanding to allow this to go on! I mean, cool house and all, but STOP with the acting like it's your "vacation home"
