“The thing is… she’s short!”
It was so unexpected, I laughed out loud.
I was at lunch with my son. The first week of the term just ended so I was asking him about school. He was in the middle of telling me about a young woman he worked with over the summer that’s also doing a physics and math double major with a nuclear engineering minor. When they met she apparently (jokingly, I assume!) said that he was her nemesis! They are both at the same point along their degree which is surprising given the winding path Sam has taken to land here.
It turns out they have 3 different classes together this term, two of which are scheduled just 10 minutes apart. According to Google Maps, it’s a 15 minute walk.
Ah! I could see where this was going. She told him she couldn’t keep doing that walk with him!
My beautiful child is 6'4". This poor woman is somewhere around 12 to 14 inches shorter. I’m sure the image I have in my head of her jogging to keep up with his long stride is quite exaggerated, but it makes me laugh every time I picture it. He was walking slower to make it easier for her!
He’s planning to offer to speed walk ahead starting tomorrow so he can save them both seats near the front and she doesn’t have to show up out of breath. Hopefully this will convince her that he’s not out to get her. Ha!
