Encounters

The past few days have been draining. Boyfriend and I have been having a lot of SERIOUS discussions about relocating. Boyfriend is depressed about having to move, I think, and I am depressed that he is depressed.

Neither of us are looking forward to living in a cramped, small apartment with a lease, with small stoves and small refrigerators, dirty carpets and bad insulation… Neither are we thrilled about having to move the company, having to hunt for an office with the appropriate lease terms and cost and location, and then physically moving the equipment…

And then, there is the prospect that we have to be apart for at least part of the time next year and all the emotional stress and trauma involved in constantly separating and reuniting are a little depressing, as well.

And then there’s law school, which I was never that excited about in the first place. In the past month alone, as many as 4 people have told me that the law school I’m going to has been a horrible experience either for themselves or for someone they know well. My stomach is now in a knot every time I think about it.

Now, on to lighter topics. Almost forgot to mention that while I was away this weekend I ran into several people in my hometown-to-be. While apartment hunting, I randomly ran into LT in the elevator. She is a former college classmate who hung out with some of my close friends and who was vaguely in the same “circle” as I was, and about whom I read every single month in the Alumni magazine, or so it seemed. She is one of those amazing women who managed to relocate form the west coast to the east coast AND transferred from one famous law school to another AND graduated AND got married AND had a daughter, all in the course of THREE years!

Amazing.

Also caught a glimpse of a friend, BH, from a summer camp I attended when I was in the 11th grade, whom I haven’t seen in 10 years, literally. I at first couldn’t believe my eyes, and since I was in a moving car at the time, I didn’t stop by to verify that it was actually him. Later, at home, I checked his Friendster profile, and found out that he is indeed living now in the city that I visited. What an amazing coincidence!