To: yikes!izzy
Date: Tuesday, February 14—8:54 PM
Subject: Re: SLUGS!
Dear Isabel,
Please stop yelling! Slugs? Um, I guess I’m happy to hear that you’re excited about something. But have you been hitting the coffee a little too hard lately?
I would love to get arrested with you this weekend, but I’m actually busy. Don’t fall out of your chair in surprise, but yes, I have plans. Nothing exciting, just college visits at Evergreen State and Reed, but I’m looking forward to it. Jeremy’s coming with me and we’re going to be gone until Wednesday. I know he’s just humoring me about Evergreen since he’s determined to go to a “good school,” whatever that means. And Reed has great science, and it’s prestigious, and there’s a good music scene and queer culture in Portland. And I guess that’s all important, but mostly I’m just looking for somewhere I can be weird and do my own thing, maybe get a degree that’s potentially useful for getting a job as a teacher or something, not to mention the fact that I probably couldn’t get into Reed if I tried. He’s more interested in Reed, and I’m more interested in Evergreen, and we’re both just excited to be on our own for the weekend, so I think it’s going to be a fun trip. What about you? Do you have anything fun planned for the weekend?
Love,
Connor