Sunday, October 27, 2013

Single and (Not) Ready to Mingle

Apparently I'm a lover of the status quo. I love getting into a routine, and when forced to break it, I am not a happy camper. Similarly, once I have my mind set on something, whether it be something simple like what I want to watch on TV right now or what to eat for dinner, the thought of deviating away from it makes me cranky.
Similarly, after being in a relationship for 5 years, I feel jarred from my routine and it's frustrating. Being in a long-distance relationship meant phone calls and a lack of dates so in all honesty for the most part the days don't feel all that different from before, with the exception of a lack of a few phone calls a week. But it's still a weird feeling to not be able to share the few random details of your life with someone, to vent or share excitement over the few roadbumps or successes of med school life. I never realized how much I depended on that. I don't quite know how to throw that switch from 'dating' to 'not dating'. 
I think one of the things that still being in school and being thrown into rotations is learning how to adapt, and adapt quickly. It's something I've always hated, but at least it's being put to good use and not just for the professional life. And at the very least, it's good to have a distraction, even if it's getting yelled at by frustrating patients or feeling completely clueless when being asked for the mechanism of delirium tremens. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry :'( , but everything will be so much better

Frances said...

oh no =( hope you will feel better soon =/ let me know if you need to talk or anything!