sleuthing

I think I figured out who "the girl" is that is taking away our beloved professor.

Here are the facts:

• The dean's wife told me that Beloved Professor has had a VERY long-term "girlfriend" and that's why he's leaving us, to be with her.
• I looked at the name he wrote in the "to" of our textbook.
• I compared that to the first names of people at the school he's going to, cross-referencing it with co-authors.
• I found a winner. And I like her picture - she seems very nice.

But here's the part that kills me. They graduated from the same (the best) law school in the same year, ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO.

I've waited for Dayton almost a year and a half, and I think that's too long. She waited almost 30 years!? And in her picture, there's no trace of bitterness. I hope that she hasn't really waited that long, and that they were friends for a long time through other relationships. But, regardless ...

Wow.

As I said, he is our Beloved Professor. One of my classmates asked him to prom, another offered to marry him if he'll stay. Every single day somebody else says to me how much they love him - male and female. He's not hot or particularly charismatic. I don't know why we love him so much. But we do. I think it's because he can make us not feel like idiots, and we know he really listens to us and really cares about our learning. Or maybe it's what one classmate described to me today - the shuffle dance that starts his dash across the front of the room as he's explicating another Federal Rule. Who knew one could get so excited about personal jurisdiction?

Well, that school is really lucky to have him, as is "the girl." Even if no man is worth waiting 30 years for.