Choose Your Own Adventure! part 2
Andy chose to lead Texas guy on till the very last minute, when he bailed.
"Now that I'm not going to Texas," says Andy, "I don't have to worry about dragging you somewhere you don't want to go, but who knows what the consequences will be for me not following through on my promise to go there? I'd better take a break from school for awhile."
"That sounds like a great idea!" you jump up and down excitedly. "Plus, that means you'll be able to come home with me and come to my birthday party . . . right?"
"Well," Andy looks down at his shuffling feet, "there's still the problem of me giving my dissertation. I wanted to give it next week before my major professor leaves the country, but one of my committee members is MIA, so I don't even know if he's read the copy of my thesis that I emailed to him. Even if he does return by next week, he may not be willing to do a rush dissertation, especially if he hasn't read the paper."
"When does your major professor return?" you ask, fearing the worst.
"That's the problem--he won't be back until February 13th--two weeks after your birthday. In the unlikely event that my other committee member returns, approves my thesis and is present for my dissertation, this probably won't matter. But if he doesn't return, I will have to wait for my major professor to get back from his trip, which means I won't be able to come home with you as planned."
"Awww maaan," you whine. "That's crap. I guess I could drive home without you, but what about our plan to go see all the creationist museums between here and home? And if I leave, how the hell are you going to get back to Wisconsin??"
"You could stay here with me . . ." Andy looks up and smiles. "You'd have an entire 2 weeks to do nothing except play video games and pack!"
"But, MY BIRTHDAY!!! IT'S EVEN ON A SATURDAY!!! I guess I could fly home for my birthday; plane tickets for that time are around $250 which isn't all that bad. I won't have my car, but I got by ok without it while I was home for Christmas. Plus, I still have a lot of crap to move; maybe it'd be better to bring some more of it home via airplane. You could come too then! You DID promise your sister-in-law you'd be coming home around the time her 3rd child is born . . .
"That's true," says Andy, "but I am really tight on money, and my sister in law will understand if I can't come for another 2 weeks. We'll have to wait and see."
"A third option," you continue, "is that I have had offers from other people to drive home with me. You could stay here with the crap we don't plan on bringing with us, then once you've given your dissertation take a shuttle to the airport and get a one-way ticket to Wisconsin. I really did want to go see those creationist museums with you though . . ."
"Hmmm, " ponders Andy. "Sure is a tough decision."
"Indeed," you agree.
If you think you should wait with Andy until he's given his dissertation, even if it means you'll miss your birthday, comment that you choose choice 1
If you think you should fly back home for your birthday, then return to California and move when Andy's ready, choose choice 2
If you think you should go without him, choose choice 3
posted by Queen Jezebel the Wicked @ 1:08 PM
9 Comments:
I would choose 2 or 3, and I would lean towards 2... but that's because I would really like to see you for your birthday.
The only thing with option 2 is that you will be "wasting" lots of time flying back and forth.
Panda is unsure.
choice 3... u have the rest of ur life to be with andy... spend ur birthday with the others u love ^^
Well, it's 2 weeks. For us, it's a pretty standard 2 weeks (except for your birthday), but for Andy, those are 2 damn important weeks. If he's the type of guy that works better alone and gets irritable when he's under pressure and others are around, come back early. If he'd be better off with you there, help guide him through that living hell of academia. ;)
I choose option #4:
Everyone somehow aquires the resourses to fly out on short notice and celebrate jess's b-day in cali with BOTH her and andy!!!!!!
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well, in reality, go with #1....once you're back, you're back, and anyways, then we can party again, and you'll have 2 b-day parties!
I think also to go with #1. You should be there with Andy, it sounds like he wants you to be there. This way you can still drive back together and go to the museums and we will still have parties for your birthday, just a little later than expected. 2 weeks goes by pretty quickly generally....at least it isn't 2 months!
OOOH!!! OOOOH!!! I LIKE OPTION 4!!!
I mean, shit guys! if you could come out here for my birthday, we could see the sites and go shopping in LA and at the Pasadena Flea Market!!! Tho, I understand it's probably not feasible--$250 for a weekend while school's in session is a lot to ask of your poor college student friends.
So I'm leaning towards 1, just because it makes the most sense economically--no plane ticket to buy, and I get to split the costs (physical as well as monetary) of travelling back home with Andy, whereas if I went myself it'd be a grueling drive--not to mention boring bcz I'd be trying to get back as quickly as possible, which means driving through Kansas and some of the other fly-over states.
My sister Jen had offered to drive with me, but although we got along really well the last time we hung out, I'm not convinced spending a whole week with her and her alone will be much fun--we have very few common interests.
Plus, i don't trust her driving my car . . .
*shudder*
. . . so scary.
Perhaps if someone else could come with me, like my sister Julie or one of you guys (tho most of you are in school so thats prolly a no-go) then it might be better, but we'd still have the problem of not having all that much time to see the sites.
So, if I wait and go with Andy, i will DEFINITELY have time to see all the creationist museums between here and home,and that's something i really really want to do.
But maaaan . . . my BIRTHDAY!!!
Ugh, so hard.
I retract and agree with da bito. If he needs you there to keep him sane, I would do that and if he's the kind to get really intolerable when crunch time comes, then I would opt for option 2 or 3. We can all celebrate your birthday once you come back so, don't worry about that. :-) We can all have fun with Jess no matter what time she comes home.
yeah, he's definitely a "be here for support" kinda guy.
You know, he doesn't really ever get irritable. In fact, the only times I've ever really seen him come close to irritable were when I was in megabitch mode and took it out on him--he's an exceedingly nice guy :)
Hey, maybe you'll get back in time to see The New Pornographers with us on the 22nd, and that could be your birthday party! It's on a Wednesday, which is sort of an odd day, but it's a special day.
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