I met with my Healer's Art group tonight. We talked about respite. I spoke about my last blog post - how when David and I do have free time together, we don't use it well, in a way that strengthens our relationship. But we're conscious of it and are trying to work on it. We both want it, we both do want to spend quality time together, but it's easy to forget in the chaos of life. 

Then spontaneously Leon took Thanh and me gay bar hopping. It is Leon's 29th birthday. It was so fun and unexpected. I was totally digging the whole experience. How it was a Sunday night around dinner time, and there were surprisingly a lot of people in the bars/clubs, how it was an out-of-nowhere idea, how it was perfectly the night before I start Internal Medicine, and being with Thanh and Leon. 2 people I really dig. I dig a lot of people in my med school, but have only gotten really close to 2: Melissa and Maria. 

I've been surprisingly shy in medical school. But maybe it's not so surprising considering I wasn't good friends with anyone in the whole School of Biological Sciences in undergrad. This is a scary observation about myself, but I subconsciously avoid becoming super-friendly with people who have excelled in the same fields I have. I think it gets into even deeper issues I have with not liking people who possess qualities I do. So weird. But I've also noticed I prefer having a handful of best friends who aren't friends with each other. That's probably why I have almost no drama with my friends anymore. I used to be a trio with Lil and Tiff and there was some drama, but since Tiff isn't good at being a long-distance friend, it's only Lil now and no drama. Fascinating. 

I do like hanging out with a good number of med school friends who belong to overlapping groups. It's always fun when I do, and it feels good to feel included in the social part of being in med school. I'll try to make a point of it in 4th year. 

ANYWAY, then Leon, Thanh, and I went to dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory. Had nice conversation, got to know them a little better. It was an awesome night. Simple, meaningful, positive night.