Saturday, September 5, 2020

Meanwhile up north


My girl and her guy seem to be having a good time up there in Cambridge, Mass., where he is at business school and she's working remotely at her job ensuring food security. They've met lots of new people, seem to be making new friends, including other couples, even going on double dates, which in the time of covid means dinner from Chipotle while sitting on the grass. The school has a philosophy of students learning from each other, and forging bonds that might later lead to business partnerships, so it creates cohort groups, which meet up regularly outside of class. Partners are included in these gatherings. There seem to be many students who moved with their partners, most of them working remotely, like my daughter. "It's like the highly social college experience I never had, only without the classwork," my daughter texted me. Her love, like the rest of the students at the university, gets tested twice each week. Classes are also still virtual, people still mostly wear masks, but they're not exactly in a tiny bubble. "It's like a quarantine pod," is how my girl put it, "but a large one, with maybe forty people." Last night, she sent me these photos, with the text, "Date night." It feels sweet to post about this, as if the president and his crime syndicate aren't burning shit down.



17 comments:

  1. It does help to see someone relaxing and having some fun! What a happy couple! Glad they are adapting to their new life. Thanks for sharing this happiness - I need it!

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  2. "...as if the president and his crime syndicate aren't burning shit down."
    Exactly. We have these moments of life being sweet and well and then we remember. I'm really having a hard time not falling apart completely. Perhaps I need a margarita or twelve. Which really would not help at all. But it is very good to see your daughter and her love in such a good place.

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  3. OH MY the kids are darling, my heart just went "POW"! I am so nervous for the kids, everywhere. This post is elixir!God, I LOVE them.

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  4. Such a lovely photo of your daughter and her love. Seeing their faces is a sweet balance to the madness of these times.

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  5. I want to be there, at that moment. It just looks so perfect. Thanks for showing us somewhere else, for one moment we can forget the crime syndicate.

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  6. Very glad to hear they are settling in nicely.

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  7. There are so many things to do in Cambridge. With Harvard, MIT and Radcliffe the city is vibrant. Students come in from all over the world. A great hub for students and academic excellence. Great photo of the happy couple enjoying outdoor dining in Cambridge.

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  8. we have to pretend sometimes that things aren't burning down around us just for a moment of peace and sanity. glad to hear things are going well for your daughter and her love.

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  9. Your daughter and her love will be thriving long after those who think they have real power to diminish their hopes and dreams are dead and gone. I bet my life on it.

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  10. Seeing them together, enjoying themselves in this crazy world is an affirmation of life. A good thing. May they stay safe.

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  11. They look happy and sound happy. Huzzah!

    We've been watching "The Great":)

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  12. Thank you for this bit of sweetness. They look so very happy. I’m trying not to think of the shit show today. It’s a deep endless pit of despair. Praying the voter turnout this year is high.
    Xoxo
    Barbara

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  13. I'm glad things are going well for her. It IS nice to read some reaffirming, positive news!

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  14. I'm so happy for your girl. :-)

    Greetings from London.

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  15. Oh I totally love that your daughter and her love are able to have a date night! It's so awesome to be young and in love!
    I am glad that your daughter and love is getting moved in and settled so wonderfully. xoxoxoxo

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  16. Im happy you posted it. Such a shitty day otherwise.

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