this sounds like a plan to me. anywhere but the professor's place. her father and his partner were very open with their parenting style and encouraged her to do what she felt verses her mother who wanted to structure every minute of the day with something educational and geared towards pushing her to be a successful adult--by her mother's meter, of course. other than when she was going on trips abroad with the professor, she would have gladly practically lived at his house while in portland.