After work last night, Liz and I popped over to Mitchell’s Fish Market to join in the farewell party for a friend of ours (Michelle, with whom we recently lunched while visiting New Jersey) who’s been a regular in our little wine group. Never in a million years would I have expected the collected party-goers and well-wishers to include Jen Watson, a friend of mine from CWRU days that I hadn’t seen or heard from in six and a half years. It turns out I’ve been drinking wine and talking about books for months with her step-mom, who’s part of the wine group! Despite being stunned by the shocking randomness of it all, we had a lovely conversation and enjoyed the chance to catch up.
- Mood:pleasantly surprised
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How is she doing? I haven’t seen/heard from her in about the same amount of time. I think I’d ask other questions but…well…
She seems to be doing really, really well. After CWRU, the reason she dropped off the face of the earth was that she pretty much literally did — she spent two years in the Peace Corps teaching math in Africa! Upon returning, she picked up a quickie master’s & the education credentials necessary to teach. She teaches high school level math at an all-girl Catholic school on the near west side of Cleveland, and has gone so far from her computer engineering degree that she doesn’t currently have a computer at all. Apartment near the school. Single-ish AFAICT (ie, no ring).
Single. She’ll be at my party on Saturday.