I decided to call him. My phone was on the fritz (I think the problem is fixed now) but at the time it was going "BEEP" every 3 seconds. I called him, praying, "voicemail, voicemail" and then he picked up. For some reason the incessant beeping made it easier for me to stay lighthearted. We said hi and I told him about the beeping and he said he couldn't hear it and I was sort of laughing about the beeping and he asked if i had a question or something.
I said, "I had this crazy idea, I know it's really last minute and totally feel free to say No, you do not have to participate in this idea if you aren't feeling participational, but I was thinking, hey, I'm going to be in boston for a couple days this week, you are in Maine, why not try to meet you in Portland for lunch on wednesday or something? I'm sure you already have plans, but I thought I would just put it out there." He told me he actually isn't in Portland (where the bus goes to), he's in Gordon (or something?) which is outside of Portland. I jokingly asked if he was going on a snowshoeing expedition and he said "maybe". He said he would need to check his plans ("we are outside of portland")(again, what is this "we" business?) but maybe he could take a bus into portland to meet me (???) Then he said, "wow, you fly out today?" And I said, "No, i'm graduating today, but I fly out tomorrow!" And he said "congratulations" excitedly. I said, "OK, give me a call!" And he said he would (or something like that) and then I said bye and got off the phone. I could hear him smiling while we were talking. It was really nice.
Then I went to school, met with my teacher, had a relatively confusing talk about my future, put on my graduation regalia, found the georgia dome (football [not the kind with your feet, international readers] stadium) where graduation was, found the two friends from school I knew who were also graduating...
Graduation was actually nice. There were bagpipes at the beginning and end, very solemn and inspiring. The commencement speaker was great, I laughed AND cried. At the end there were firecrackers and streamers came down from the ceiling. We didn't actually walk across the stage, instead they mail us our degrees, but we did get to stand and cheer.
I am SO TIRED and I still have to pack for my trip tomorrow.
So, I haven't heard back from him yet. I want to give him space to figure out whatever he needs to figure out. But I need to confirm my plans with friends tomorrow... How long should I wait for him to get back to me? If he doesn't, how should I prompt him to respond??
