Catching Up With HS Friends

My chemistry teacher from high school is retiring this year, so some people from my grade wanted to catch up with her one last time via Zoom. Of course I said yes, and the timezones worked out so the people back home had to wake up early (ha), and it was dinner time for me. When I logged on, I was greeted by a dozen or so faces I haven’t seen in a year! It was so nice seeing everyone and our dearest teacher again 🥰 It seemed like a 50/50 split with people moving back home post-COVID, and people staying in the US (for context, 90+% of students from my HS go to US colleges). But I think I was the only one who was still staying on campus. Everyone else was living with their family or close friends. Some said they hadn’t left their house in months, which I can’t imagine doing. I’d go insane! But people have different health priorities and all I can say is I’m blessed to be here in W-town where at the very least I can have my daily walk to pick up food.