On friendships
My commute to work is exactly 1 hour and 15 minutes-- 71 miles of mostly open roads with very few traffic disruptions. (That may sound crazy, but my siblings live in the DC Metro area and their commutes to work can be just as long for half the distance-- I'd rather be moving the whole time than sitting in stop and go traffic!) To be clear, I only have to go into my office 2-3 days a week, so it averages out weekly to not be as crazy as it sounds, but this long commute affords me a lot of free time to think and listen to podcasts. My very favorite thing to do in the car is listen to Harry Potter books on tape and then listen to a companion podcast called Binge Mode: Harry Potter that is a "deep dive into the Harry Potter Universe and the wider Potter canon". It's very nerdy, and I don't care. It is my absolute happy place. But, since I finally convinced Meg to read the books, and she's almost finished with book 4, I decided to take a break so we can be
