Med Chronicles: To the people

Before I got here, I remember when med school students would always say "the best part of med school is the people". Now that I'm on the other side, I can authoritatively say that that's truly a thing, fo sho. I remember those first few weeks of medical school, when I was so nervous I wouldn't make any friends. I would set up time goals for myself, "If you go to this one social event for 9 PM, then you can leave at 11 PM... 2 hrs is doable." It was so HARD - trying to spark that interest over the same predictable questions with "um what's your name again?". And though #FOMO is maybe not always the best reason to put yourself out there, in this way, I'm super grateful for my #FOMO. Time no longer has any bounds and more often than not, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN McDICKS is closed it's only 2 AM" is the line I find myself thinking out loud.

There are those who will say "you would have met the people you clicked with by now.", but I'm not sure that's the case. The truth is everyone is great and I probably would have fared okay either way, but I'm so much happier than just OK, and I'm eternally grateful to the cosmos for helping me fall into the most wonderful and hilarious of hearts and souls.

Thank you for being my friends. You feel like home - that's why I call you my homegirls and homeboyz. BAM. #deepermeaningwuttt

1. For the "how are you?"'s that come with the ooey gooey "but how are you, really" eyes.
2. For making sure I get home safe.
3. For the unspoken "no TO" rule during phone tag.
4.  For the awkward-silence-after-i-told-a-bad-joke rescues.
5.  For never giving up on motivating me to encourage myself to think about possibly working out.
6.  For letting me sleepover on the fly and eat all your food/candy/water.
7.  For the coffee jaunts.
8.  For listening to the F-stories (otherwise known as stories where most would just not give a F***)
9.  For always saying goodbye before you leave.
10. For helping me differentiate the creepers from the RNG's. 
11. For nodding when I say "f*** it all" but knowing that's never the case.
12. For making all the unimportant things a big deal. And all the actually important things a bigger deal.
13. For not even blinking-an-eye when I spill the code words/names. Like a champ.
14. For always being prepared with equipment during "those times" because I never am.
15. For calling me out on rumination.
16. For making DPAS officially stand for Drunk People At School.
17. For letting me hold your hand against your will.
18. For #lettingme #speaklike #this
19. For never calling me Ti-ti.
20. For all the gtimes.

So much love,
<3