Year of Change
I was accepted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education in May. Early that summer, I rolled up to the Boulder Creek post office in my cruiser, thinking, "Do I really want to give up my manageable life for a life in the city, 3000 miles away, again?" Yes, of course! What better subject to study than the subject of learning and education itself? Especially when one can't decide between love of science, music, art, writing and teaching? I left HP on good terms and moved to Cambridge in a whirlwind of change.
Meredith and I were both still in other relationships then, but we managed to connect during our community's annual camping trip and made fast friends. I made such new music and memories, but I had to put them on hold while I struggled with an entirely new discipline at Harvard. I took classes at MIT and Harvard Law and completely changed my worldview within six months. Many friends were well met and I discovered new music learning and teaching techniques. I had sold my car, and could be seen biking through leaves, then snow, then ice.
Meanwhile, in California...
That year Meredith bought her own house north of Berkeley, where she had been accepted into the PhD program in molecular and cell biology! She was seen researching mitosis, teaching undergrads, and tending a garden. What a year of hard work, good fortune, and change for both of us.
December 31, 1999
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