I Ran, I Ran So Far Away

Keith lives in Alaska now. He and his wife, Jenn, enjoy all the modern conveniences like email even though they live in a log cabin on the side of a mountain. This photo he sent me of the back of his house is like real-estate porn to me. I just look at it and look at it and draw the shades against the line of graystone two-flats across my crowded city street, which has two speed bumps on it so that Chicago drivers will hear a scraping noise before they mow down someone walking his puggle or something.

Now I want to live in Alaska too.

At least two other classmates of ours live far away from Slidell. Alonda Michele is serving our country alongside her husband in the US Army in Seoul, Korea. If we are very lucky, she'll get to depart Korea a little early to come to the reunion. Ever since she told me that via email, I've been hoping that her request will be granted. Do you think we could write letters to our senators about it?

I heard through the committee that Rolando is in Japan. (I didn't hear which city.) His mom said we could send the reunion invitation to her home, so I hope she's passed along our good wishes and our desire to see him at the party. If Rolando can fly home in time for June 10, he might seem a little loopy from the jet lag, so don't give him a hard time if he doesn't recognize you right away. But he also might be able to stay up later than everyone else.