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Pi(e) Day and all the phone calls
Mar. 15th, 2020 10:14 amI feel like I talked to everyone yesterday, but it isn't true.
I called two Mankanauts, and visited for a little. One in Grand Rapids and one outside Houston. Ru is staying away from her parents in the north woods because her dad is compromised and her mom is just old, so until testing can establish her own status she's stuck talking on the phone. RC's husband works in infectious diseases and in labs with protocols, so he has ingrained in him the handwashing and no-face-touching (fck that is hard! I've been trying to notice when I touch my face and it is all the damn time) and having space to decontaminate from the outside. She is taking classes at the community college which has just gone totally online with a lot of thrashing.
I called my dearest oldest friend and she's fine and her husband is deeply dubious, so that was weird. Matching people's levels of paranoia seems to be a social grace? like matching levels of intensity or personal disclosure or something along those lines, and we were very mismatched and slightly irked at each other.
And then I talked to Alice's room mate. She's moving out of their dorm room, and realized she had a couple things Alice had left behind, and we talked about worry and classes and disappointment. She is sorry the graduation things will not be happening. They matter to her, especially, she pointed out, the department celebrations where you get to see your cohort for the last time all together. It was funny talking about remote classes - she's thinking of it as a grand experiment. We agreed it couldn't have worked at all a decade ago, most of the infrastructure and etc. existed but people's awareness of it and ease of use with it was not widespread enough. She also thought that we are going to find the flaws in the system pretty damn fast, and may or may not have the tools to fix those, or at least to address them. She is such a great kid, turning into a spectacular adult. I feel lucky she and Alice managed to get along so well together for four years based on affection for high school. I think they both feel pretty lucky to have had each other too - a pair of sane, communicative, hard working people. It has been a good combo.
I made tiny pies for Pi(e) Day too - I had small pie tins for ... some reason? and made a small blueberry, small apple, tiny sugar pie, and then dumped the rest of the sugar pie over some shipped up pears for a fourth. they all were delicious, and are also good for breakfast.
I called two Mankanauts, and visited for a little. One in Grand Rapids and one outside Houston. Ru is staying away from her parents in the north woods because her dad is compromised and her mom is just old, so until testing can establish her own status she's stuck talking on the phone. RC's husband works in infectious diseases and in labs with protocols, so he has ingrained in him the handwashing and no-face-touching (fck that is hard! I've been trying to notice when I touch my face and it is all the damn time) and having space to decontaminate from the outside. She is taking classes at the community college which has just gone totally online with a lot of thrashing.
I called my dearest oldest friend and she's fine and her husband is deeply dubious, so that was weird. Matching people's levels of paranoia seems to be a social grace? like matching levels of intensity or personal disclosure or something along those lines, and we were very mismatched and slightly irked at each other.
And then I talked to Alice's room mate. She's moving out of their dorm room, and realized she had a couple things Alice had left behind, and we talked about worry and classes and disappointment. She is sorry the graduation things will not be happening. They matter to her, especially, she pointed out, the department celebrations where you get to see your cohort for the last time all together. It was funny talking about remote classes - she's thinking of it as a grand experiment. We agreed it couldn't have worked at all a decade ago, most of the infrastructure and etc. existed but people's awareness of it and ease of use with it was not widespread enough. She also thought that we are going to find the flaws in the system pretty damn fast, and may or may not have the tools to fix those, or at least to address them. She is such a great kid, turning into a spectacular adult. I feel lucky she and Alice managed to get along so well together for four years based on affection for high school. I think they both feel pretty lucky to have had each other too - a pair of sane, communicative, hard working people. It has been a good combo.
I made tiny pies for Pi(e) Day too - I had small pie tins for ... some reason? and made a small blueberry, small apple, tiny sugar pie, and then dumped the rest of the sugar pie over some shipped up pears for a fourth. they all were delicious, and are also good for breakfast.
