Blast from the past

[chanaleh]

I'm having dinner tonight with Erick... my first boyfriend from high school. He finished his doctorate in psychoacoustics at Berkeley this spring -- and now he'll be doing postdoc at BU, so he and his wife Cathy have recently moved to Boston (actually, to Revere Beach).

We met the summer before our sophomore year of high school, in 1986, and dated until the middle of senior year (long-distance, really; we lived an hour apart). And I tracked him down through Google about 5 years ago, so we've corresponded occasionally since then. But we haven't met or spoken in 14-1/2 years. And now he's here.

I'm having a bit of "universes colliding", thinking about it. Nothing to be nervous for, but I am a little freaked out. :-) He's one of the coolest people I ever had the privilege to know. (In fact, I'm going to try to bring them to roozle/sunspiral's in a couple weeks so they can get acquainted with more cool people. I think they're likely to fit in well.)

Tonight's dinner was supposed to be with both of them, but she's not feeling well, so most likely he'll come without her. We're meeting up at Diesel around 8:30 (after shul, for me) and proceeding to Diva for dinner.

So until then, I'd best go back to not thinking too hard about it. :-)
Wish me luck, if you see me.

Comments

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow! I didn't realize you knew Erick!

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

*screams fool head off*

If it were anyone but you, dear, I'd swear you could not possibly be serious. How, how do you know Erick?

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

What? I had no idea you knew Erick because I'd never heard of him before. Honestly, I don't know where you people get these silly notions. :-)

(C'mon, you referred to universe collision; how could I not post?)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Sigh, sigh. >:-)

I had someone else turn up in my life last summer who knew Erick (from UU summer camp, in his case), so it would have just figured if you did too.

[ceo]

OK, mentioning UU summer camp gets my attention. What's his last name?

(though I can't think of any Ericks I knew who spelled it that way)

[msmidge.livejournal.com]

His work sounds similar to that of my ex-boyfriend who has a doctorate in psychology. I wonder if they know each other. :)

[skreeky]

Okay, I don't know Erick either, but we do know people at the HRC at BU, where he'll be. Socrates (of Pondscumme) will be in a nearby lab, as will Wil Howitt.

It's a small world, and Boston is the hub.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

Indeed, so they say!