A:
Hey man, how was Connecticut?
B:
Oh, pretty good. Turns out the apartment is really nice, and Beth is all settled in and everything, so that's good.
A:
Great. So you guys just have to sort of tough it out for two years now, huh?
B:
Well, just for a few weeks, actually.
A:
Wait, what?
B:
Yeah, I'll see her again in a few weeks, we are both flying out to Portland for a wedding.
A:
Oh, great. But then you're coming back to Chicago and she's back East, right?
B:
Yeah, yeah. For a month or so at least.
A:
A month? does she not think it's going to work?
B:
Oh, no, it sounds like it's going to work great. But she'll be coming back to Chicago about a month after the wedding.
A:
Just to visit, though, right?
B:
Yeah, it's for her birthday, long weekend over Memorial or Labor Day, whichever one is in Fall.
A:
Ok, and then she's back to Connecticut. I mean, it's like a normal two-year postdoc right?
B:
Well, we'll see. I'll be out there five or six weeks after she comes back for her birthday.
A:
You're moving out there, too?
B:
No, no, it's just for the weekend.
A:
So
B:
And then
A:
I mean, I have this right, right? You're staying in Chicago, and she's going to Connecticut for two years, and then moving back, right?
B:
Well,
A:
And you guys will obviously see each other regularly over those two years, which is great of course, but the gist is that she'll be out there for two years while you stay here, yeah?
B:
I mean,
A:
Cause that's definitely what Beth was saying at the BBQ, did something change?
B:
IT IS A LOT EASIER TO LIE TO YOURSELF WHEN YOUR FRIENDS AREN'T CONSTANTLY CORRECTING YOU!
A:
I don't... oh. Oh oh oh! I get it!
B:
Correct!
A:
Well, then. So I heard Beth was going to be out East for a few weeks.
B:
Yep!
A:
Well that won't be too bad! She was gone about that long when she went to that long conference in Greece, right?
B:
Exactly! It'll be just like that, that wasn't bad at all!