Wanted: Alternate reality, for part-time use

It was strange to see my mom in alternate digs, ones that I have never, and will never, live in. I envied her a little; as much as I hate to move, there is something exciting about it, a piece of freedom in all that blank space to call your own. I wanted so badly to call a do-over to my life, or to split off into a separate person so I could choose different paths, live in different places, find some blank space of my own.