Road Trip
What would it be like seeing your college roommate after almost 60 years? I am about to find out. We were roommates throughout my engineering school term and got along well; like the brother I never had. He was from Pennsylvania and I from a smalltown about an hour-and-a-half from campus. Our campus was never a hot bed of activity on the weekends, so on many weekends he tagged along for home cooking. My grandmother was a great cook and loved having us. The summer of '67 we did a road trip and attended The Worlds Fair Expo in Montreal.
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| Worlds Fair Expo 67 in Montreal A Night View |
We had fun together and had a group of fellow engineering students to do stuff with on campus during the week. Kind of a work hard / study hard / let's get a beer group.
After graduation, careers and family seem to get in the way. However, we did stay close, checking in always with the promise to get together.
This weekend we are!
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| My Roommate looking back as we started home from Montreal after three days at Expo '67 |
Although, while in college I did participate in a fashion/beauty contest done up beautifully by my then girlfriend, to become wife. My first time dressed in public. WOW! Many years passed before I was ever out again.
This should be an interesting weekend. We are not getting younger. If one waits putting off reminiscing, the conversation could become one-sided.
This weekend - The dynamics are so different yet so the same.
PS: OMG - What to wear?
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Good luck and enjoy yourself. You never know what surprises he might have!
ReplyDeleteThis took me straight back to my own college days. My roommate and I drifted in different directions after graduation, but we stayed good friends. He doesn’t know about my trans side yet, but honestly… I don’t think it would shock him. Some people see more than we realize.
ReplyDeleteAnd that beauty contest story? I’m a little jealous. I would’ve loved something like that back then. The idea of being dressed up and out in the world, even for one night, sounds incredible.
good luck with your visit.I assume your one and done girl dress up was due to the way things were when you were young i,e 1-no info 2 nowhere to go as society would find it totally unacceptable--emily
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear about your weekend adventures...and what you wore!
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