The get together

So one of the most difficult things about being in surgical residency is actually getting together with your friends. I know this seems silly, but it's true. I live outside of the city where I work. Most of the single residents live right near the hospital and can almost walk there. I on the other hand have a handsome husband who actually has a great job. Unfortunately this means we have to split the commute. In the evenings it sometimes takes me an hour to get home, just cause I can't get out of the city. What this also means is that once I get out, there is no way I'm going back into the city to hang out. Sometimes on the weekends if I'm not on call we'll venture to an event, make it easy and take the metro. But on a week night it's just not going to happen. I'm sure the single residents looking for love have a much more robust social life. That of course may be due to desperation, and not wanting to actually sit all alone in their tiny apartments. I don't blame them.....I like coming home to my husband and our little cats (and soon our baby).

The other complication is call. I'm buddies with lots of people that aren't the same year as I am. If I want to have a bunch of people over together I have to scour over the call schedule to see if anyone is even available. This also means that whenever we go someplace someone is cranky cause they are post call. So tomorrow night I have finally managed to get all my peeps together for dinner at our place. I'm terribly excited. There will be 8 of us, and one baby (not mine, a toddler). I've been living here for about a year and a half and I haven't had any of my close friends to my place yet. Slightly embarrassing, but true. Let's see how joyous the 2 post call people will be....