February 16, 2009

  • A little of this, A little of that...

    I was gonna post the first of my med school big themes posts, but then I started thinking, I am not quite ready to put that down into writing because I am still not quite mentally ready to admit it's finally done.

    I mean, 5 years, wow, okay thats a lot, but its just another school graduation.

    except it's not.

    For the last 27 years, I have been in school working toward some goal. Preschool was about learning to share, kindergarten preparing for the academic lifestyle to follow for the next 20 some odd years, elementary school preparing for middle school prepping for high school prepping for college, you get the idea.

    I always sort of had this clearly delineated path from point A to B. And now I've reached the end of it. And yes, i have friends who have been out in the workforce for years, and yes, residency is technically a combination of working and schooling, but the point remains that after all these year I am finally entering the real world and leaving my little bubble of loans and cares and non-responsibility behind.

    And thats pretty intimidating.

    But on to the v-day part of the post. Ya know, just to fit in cuz everyone else was doing one.

    This one was spent playing poker with friends, and watching the nba dunk competition. To clarify, I am single, which is often a side effect of being in med school...that or already married. It seems there really is no middle ground.

    I'm not the amazing ladies man some of my friends and classmates are. Sure I do alright, every couple months I manage to get around to asking someone out to mini-golf or a comedy show. I have always been more of a serial monogamist, perhaps even tending a bit toward the more old fashioned side in the dating arena. I believe the man should pay, that doors should be opened, chairs pulled out, restaurants picked, the whole deal. It's how I am and I make no apologies for it.

    I also like adventure and excitement (and really wild things), intelligent conversation, and not to feel like you're settling for me because I am handy and you havent been out in a while either. Sure, find other people attractive. Want to screw famous men or women. Go "damn" when you see someone fit in the street. But like ME. Admire my tattoos, be impressed by my cooking, laugh at my corny and tasteless jokes. Be delighted, be charmed, be happy to be in my company and hope to make me feel the same about you

    If this reads to you like demanding worship then I worry about your relationships - I'd always thought that liking someone was a weighty prerequisite in the dating them field. Hell yes I want attention, for that's what relationships ARE - mutual attention and affection. Jeebus. Think about me when I'm gone. Miss me when I'm not there. Be pleased to see me, because you know damn well I do the same about you.

    Or at least once I get around to being in a relationship again, I will. However I am out of the game til I know where I will be working come this july. So this year, like those before, I didnt bemoan my singleness, I simply enjoyed another day in the company of those I care about, and wished for happiness for friends and family

    And that's all I have to say about that

Comments (9)

  • yay - chivalry isn't dead! =)

    that's sweeeeeeet...... there is going to one lucky lady/hot nurse! =P

  • Good for you.  We just watched Heroes all day and ate steak.  Oh and I got my husband a grill from Crate and Barrel.  So romantic!

  • don't worry you're gonna be a doctor. soon you'll be dating hot nurses like they do on Grey's Anatomy and ER.

  • I remember listening to my cousin after she finished the schooling part of her life and started working in the next phase of becoming a MD. From what she said that was the hardest part. Once she was done with about 6 months she finally felt in the swing of the "working for real"

    As for your date (or lack there of) If I was younger or a cougar you would have to look out for me
    But as I am neither. The best thing for you.....don't settle for less than you deserve because that is exactly what you will get. Someone will come around that is exactly what you like and need for your life.

  • Oh, there is a middle ground. Just infinitesimally obscure and hard to find. You need the secret password, too.

  • Jeebus.  I agree.  As for the end of schooling, I remember classmates who went ahead and got another degree for the sake of being in school. Whatever makes one's boat float, I guess.  Sooner or later, one will have to go to those dreaded places one has been avoiding.

    Saludos.  I've been absent doc.

  • if she comes she does. i am glad you aren't trying too much and not trying too little.

  • @queenofstyrofoamhearts - shock to me too, but such is life

  • so why is there no middle ground? you would think enterprising women would cash in on a sure-to-be cash cow.

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