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Where are they now?
4 years ago
Since there was interest in learning more about my trio, I thought I'd start with a snapshot of their status on my current timeline. Might be spoilers for whatever I write in the future, but given how many pics I've commissioned of their adult lives, I think everyone can connect the dots :P
If you were to visit them on this very day, you would head to the west end of Montreal, Quebec, in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Both CdN and NDG are predominantly Anglophone/allophone neighbourhoods of Montreal, which suits my trio fine; native Montrealer Alex grew up mainly speaking English, while Dan and Krista grew up in the almost universally English-speaking province of Ontario. Dan took French immersion for a year or two in school, so he's not entirely lost; South African-born Krista is still catching up.
The residence my polycule calls home is an upper level duplex apartment, located above one shared by three roommates, including
cervinecomedy's Becca Hirschburg. Both units are three-bedroom, or 5 1/2, as they're referred to in Quebec.
You'll climb the stairs and enter the living room of the apartment, the kitchen adjoining. Down the hall are the bathroom and three bedrooms: one master bedroom, the nursery for nearly two year-old Vicky, and a combination office/spare room. The bed in the latter is most often used by members of the trio when giving the other two some "private time" in the master bedroom.
Regardless of the time of day, the apartment is a hive of activity. During the day, all three are hard at work in office, bedroom, or kitchen. Dan and Alex, both of whom are working at a startup indie record label founded with
dereckdingo and his gf, were already working at home much of the time when the pandemic hit. They have since been joined by history professor Krista; aside from an ill-advised term job at a university out of town that required her to go into a nearly four-month bubble, Krista is teaching online exclusively. This works in her favour, since tenure-track positions are hard to find in academia, and most courses are term contracts. A challenge in most environments, it is even more challenging in Quebec, where only three universities use English in the classroom;. Teaching online widens her options considerably.
Few neighbours, aside from Becca and her roommates, know the true nature of their relationship. Nevertheless theirs is a warm, loving home. Rarely a day goes by without friends or family members dropping in to visit or dote on little Vicky. And who knows, maybe their family still has some growing to do...
If you were to visit them on this very day, you would head to the west end of Montreal, Quebec, in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Both CdN and NDG are predominantly Anglophone/allophone neighbourhoods of Montreal, which suits my trio fine; native Montrealer Alex grew up mainly speaking English, while Dan and Krista grew up in the almost universally English-speaking province of Ontario. Dan took French immersion for a year or two in school, so he's not entirely lost; South African-born Krista is still catching up.
The residence my polycule calls home is an upper level duplex apartment, located above one shared by three roommates, including
cervinecomedy's Becca Hirschburg. Both units are three-bedroom, or 5 1/2, as they're referred to in Quebec. You'll climb the stairs and enter the living room of the apartment, the kitchen adjoining. Down the hall are the bathroom and three bedrooms: one master bedroom, the nursery for nearly two year-old Vicky, and a combination office/spare room. The bed in the latter is most often used by members of the trio when giving the other two some "private time" in the master bedroom.
Regardless of the time of day, the apartment is a hive of activity. During the day, all three are hard at work in office, bedroom, or kitchen. Dan and Alex, both of whom are working at a startup indie record label founded with
dereckdingo and his gf, were already working at home much of the time when the pandemic hit. They have since been joined by history professor Krista; aside from an ill-advised term job at a university out of town that required her to go into a nearly four-month bubble, Krista is teaching online exclusively. This works in her favour, since tenure-track positions are hard to find in academia, and most courses are term contracts. A challenge in most environments, it is even more challenging in Quebec, where only three universities use English in the classroom;. Teaching online widens her options considerably.Few neighbours, aside from Becca and her roommates, know the true nature of their relationship. Nevertheless theirs is a warm, loving home. Rarely a day goes by without friends or family members dropping in to visit or dote on little Vicky. And who knows, maybe their family still has some growing to do...
...anyway, I'm going to climb off my soapbox, now. ^_^;