Bette smiled at Tina’s response to Mary. It made her feel good that she really was in tuned with her wife on the path for their life. The summer had been good for the both of them. They had drawn closer as a couple. Possibly closer than they had really ever been before.

Bette: Okay folks, how about we all have some dessert and some coffee and then we head back to the apartment?

Tina: Once we are at the apartment, why don’t we all go ahead and have our showers and do a few loads of laundry before we all go to bed? Maybe it will put a little less pressure on tomorrow morning.

Angie:  What time do we need to get up?

Bette:  We need to be up by 3:30 am. The moving guys for New Haven will be here at 4:00 am. We will be doing the balance of the laundry. We can then go to breakfast then load up and start our journey to New Haven. Didn’t you say the dorm would open at 8:00 am?

Angie: Yeah, that is when they will allow people to start moving their stuff in. They will clear the dorms of non-residents at 7:00 pm and reopen at 7:00 am on Sunday.

Tina: Well, hopefully we will be at our hotel long before that. Have you heard from Suzanne this week?

Angie:  Yes. She is planning on spending the night with us at the hotel tomorrow night. She says that she doubts her parents will hang around much past lunch time. Sounds like to me they are going to do just a dump and run. I can’t imagine. This should be a time of which they should be giving her love and support, but seem to be just going through the motions. They really did not want her to go to Yale.

Bette: Well, we will do what we can to help her get organized and get situated into the dorm room. After all, we are team and we will have some experience at it by the time Suzanne arrives. I do hope that everything goes well between you and Suzanne this term as roommates.

Angie: Oh, it will be fine. From all our Zoom conversations, she is a very nice person. It’s going to be a new experience for both of us – sharing a room.