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Wednesday: Day of Social!
Oct. 27th, 2021 11:00 pmThis was honestly one of the most social days I have had for years, and remarkable not only for the amount of social, but also the variety.
First up (ignoring in-house interactions): a meeting with someone who fund-raises for a cause I cherish. She is transitioning from her long-time position to starting up a new policy institute and I could not be more excited for her. In person, about 90 minutes.
Second: hanging out with my walking partner for about a half hour. We have not been walking recently due to weather. I expect that to change back to normal tomorrow.
Third: noon phone call with my friend of 25+ years. 2 hours. Such a delight. Our daughters have a weekly weekend Portal playdate, and he and his wife often attend our zoom cocktail party on Friday evenings. We may be thousands of miles apart, but our families remain close. He truly is my brother.
Fourth: school pickup, said hi to B. at the crosswalk.
Fifth: Hour plus phone conversation with my friend of almost 40 years. We were next door neighbors starting in junior high, lost touch for a few years in our late teens / early twenties, reconnected when I was 25 and we’ve stayed close since. We usually have a Tuesday evening phone call, however, she had some other stuff going and it moved to today. I always feel very cherished talking to her. She is a delight, and very wise. She is a goddess who walks among us and we are fortunate to have her.
Sixth: babysitter arrives to take the kids out to dinner so that R. and I can go eat Fancy Food at Woods Hill Table.
Seventh: dinner at Woods Hill table.
Eighth: zoom call with my friend of over 30 years (met in college). We’ve been discussing linguistics lately, and she got a couple really interesting books from the library and shared them with me. She’s going to read one, but probably not the other. I am looking forward to what she says about it — it’s a nice, anecdotal survey of languages with a weak-form Sapir-Whorf approach. I always love talking to her — we skip easily from politics at the global and national level to politics at the academic level (she is an academic librarian) to whatever each of us is currently interested in, to food we’ve cooked or eaten out to upcoming social activities. I’ve never, ever, ever been bored in a conversation with I., and I cannot imagine how that could ever happen. She is a wonderful person. Also, dogs!
Finally: extended text convo with my friend of over 30 years (also met in college). He is working through figuring out an appropriate context for his older son to complete his high school education. Remote schooling did not work for this young adult at all, but learning how a family can deliberately and compassionately work out what the options are and then try things and see how they go has been really eye-opening to me. I only have admiration and respect and, honestly, some awe, for how good my friend and his wife are at parenting through a difficult couple of years.
First up (ignoring in-house interactions): a meeting with someone who fund-raises for a cause I cherish. She is transitioning from her long-time position to starting up a new policy institute and I could not be more excited for her. In person, about 90 minutes.
Second: hanging out with my walking partner for about a half hour. We have not been walking recently due to weather. I expect that to change back to normal tomorrow.
Third: noon phone call with my friend of 25+ years. 2 hours. Such a delight. Our daughters have a weekly weekend Portal playdate, and he and his wife often attend our zoom cocktail party on Friday evenings. We may be thousands of miles apart, but our families remain close. He truly is my brother.
Fourth: school pickup, said hi to B. at the crosswalk.
Fifth: Hour plus phone conversation with my friend of almost 40 years. We were next door neighbors starting in junior high, lost touch for a few years in our late teens / early twenties, reconnected when I was 25 and we’ve stayed close since. We usually have a Tuesday evening phone call, however, she had some other stuff going and it moved to today. I always feel very cherished talking to her. She is a delight, and very wise. She is a goddess who walks among us and we are fortunate to have her.
Sixth: babysitter arrives to take the kids out to dinner so that R. and I can go eat Fancy Food at Woods Hill Table.
Seventh: dinner at Woods Hill table.
Eighth: zoom call with my friend of over 30 years (met in college). We’ve been discussing linguistics lately, and she got a couple really interesting books from the library and shared them with me. She’s going to read one, but probably not the other. I am looking forward to what she says about it — it’s a nice, anecdotal survey of languages with a weak-form Sapir-Whorf approach. I always love talking to her — we skip easily from politics at the global and national level to politics at the academic level (she is an academic librarian) to whatever each of us is currently interested in, to food we’ve cooked or eaten out to upcoming social activities. I’ve never, ever, ever been bored in a conversation with I., and I cannot imagine how that could ever happen. She is a wonderful person. Also, dogs!
Finally: extended text convo with my friend of over 30 years (also met in college). He is working through figuring out an appropriate context for his older son to complete his high school education. Remote schooling did not work for this young adult at all, but learning how a family can deliberately and compassionately work out what the options are and then try things and see how they go has been really eye-opening to me. I only have admiration and respect and, honestly, some awe, for how good my friend and his wife are at parenting through a difficult couple of years.