Something Personal

I've never been very good at making close friends. There are probably a few reasons: 1) I'm too boring and my friends often say that I live under a rock 2) I rarely go out to party and drink 3) This is a bad habit that I'm working on but I judge people a lot and because of that, I don't allow them to get close. Either way, making close friends has always been something that's slightly foreign to me, particularly as I got older and older.

3 years ago I moved to Chicago and started medical school, ready to start a bit of a new life, away from my best friends, away from my family. I never imagined that I'd get to know people that are near and dear to my heart now. In the last 4 months I've been out in the Bay Area doing a couple of rotations and because of that, I've barely had the chance to see those friends from school. I realize that I miss seeing them because I had gotten so used to their presence in the last few years. I feel so incredibly lucky to feel comfortable enough to text them all the time, even if it's only to talk about something ridiculous that happened at work today, things that wouldn't make sense to other people.

It's sad to think that in a few months, my closest friends from medical school will be so far away, down in LA, in the Midwest, or on the East coast. No longer will they be just a 15 minute drive away and no longer can we go out and eat, study, goof around and complain in person anymore. Worst of all, we'll probably be sinking in exhaustion during intern year anyway.

On the flip side, I'm so sure we'll end up at a place that suits us best and that will train us to be great physicians. I'm lucky to have so many friends around the United States so that when I travel to places, I can meet up with them again.

CMS Class of 2016, soon-to-be M.D.s
:) :) :)