Surprise visit
06.03.2003
So the phone wakes me up at 10am. It's Tim Kuehnlein. And he's in Kalamazoo. I could hardly believe it. I hadn't seen or spoken to Tim in months. He sort of disappeared for a while after leaving Western (and I don't blame him). Plus he's not a phone or email person.
Anyhow. So here I am on the phone w/ one of my oldest and best friends from the early days of grad school. I mean, there were originally five of us in our cohort who palled around together (there were one or two others, but they didn't pall around as much). Of course, grad school "palling around" mostly means getting together to discuss the weekly class readings. But we also got together for drinks and such. We had a regular table at The University Roadhouse every Thursday night. (Ah, good times.) Six years later and there are only two of us left (and for the year-and-a-half Katia was in Russia it was just me). So. Yeah. It was great to see Tim again.
Tim's enjoying teaching at Alpena. We talked about the joys (and hassles) of teaching. I filled him in on the little bit of departmental gossip I actually knew (I avoid my office like the plague, so I'm not very knowledgeable of these things anymore). And then we just talked, you know, about life, politics, whatever. I'm always amazed at how easy it is to catch up w/ a long-lost good friend.
After coffee, we joined up w/ Greg and Christy for a small lunch. Yeah. All in all, a pretty nice day.
Posted by Miguel at 08:22 PM
Comments
Is Western really such an awful place to be in?
So.. care to share some gossip abt the department? =D
Posted by: Stephanie at June 3, 2003 09:07 PM
Tell Tim I said hi if he is still in town. Sometimes I feel like I was almost part of the cohort with you all. Wine parties in the apartment. I had a very not normal freshmen year... hanging out with mostly grad students. It was great.
Posted by: sam at June 3, 2003 10:42 PM
LOL. Yeah, I think lots of them at first thought you just might actually be a grad student. Not many freshmen can hold their own discussing Aristotle's ethics w/ a couple of PhD candidates over a bottle of cabernet.
Posted by: miguel at June 3, 2003 10:51 PM
Oh the Roadhouse! What fun that was getting drunk and arguing about politics! Remember Holly...
Occasionally, in those rare times when I go to a bar I still have a 7&7 in honor of Rob. Tell Tim I said hi, and pass along his contact info when you get the chance. I'd love to catch up with him.
Posted by: Patrick at June 4, 2003 08:53 AM
Yeah, the Roadhouse days were fun. Holly was magnificent, of course. I'm sure we all had a crush on her. I still go out on St Paddy's, drink a Guinness, and sing "Oh Danny Boy" in Robert's honor.
Posted by: miguel at June 4, 2003 02:57 PM
Cool that you got to see Tim again. I remember vaguely the Roadhouse days. Gosh it's been four years since then ... .
Posted by: Melli at June 10, 2003 06:54 AM