First of all, thank you all so much for your sweet comments about The Lawyer and I in the last post. I'm not going to make a habit of posting pictures of us, but I'll at least try to post a better one of him next time! I know that photo was a little dark and ugly. (I like his hair all messy and rumpled, though!)
Anyway, here was our weekend (well, Sabbath):
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| The Lawyer showed up with pink peonies and Starbucks on Sabbath morning, when he came to pick me up for church. This is why I love him. |
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| After church, we went to see the Basilica on the campus of Catholic University. So yes, we went to church....after going to church. I've been going through something, so yeah. Church x2 on Saturday. |
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| Carvings on the front of the church. |
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| It was our first time at the Basilica, and it is seriously one of the best kept secrets in the city. It is GORGEOUS and ornate. We even stayed and listened to a short mass, even though neither one of us is Catholic. WHAT? We were MOVED BY THE SPIRIT! |
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| The fountain outside of the church. Again, beautiful. |
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| Vegetarian thali at Jyoti in Adams Morgan. |
Since my classes have gotten out, things have been a lot calmer on the weekends. I'm usually exhausted during the week and work up until the very last minute on Friday evening. Once sundown hits, I go to the gym, have a single day (Sabbath) off, and then the marathon starts again on Sunday. I, of course, don't really notice the routine, because I'm the runner in the marathon, but The Lawyer commented today that it's just really nice to have me fully present and relaxed on the weekends.
Without having to sit in class for eight or more hours a day, I'm not as tired, which means that I'm more likely to want to go places and do things on Saturday afternoon (as opposed to just sleep). This, coupled with recent personal trials, have definitely brought The Lawyer closer. I sometimes forget that he's being dragged along this journey of medical training with me, but his comments today showed that sometimes, he's happy to just have a normal, sometimes vulnerable, girlfriend who's both around more often and acts like she needs him.
Medical school, especially MSII, makes it feel like studying is the only worthwhile pursuit in life, but I'm trying to make a point of remembering that that's just not true.
9 comments:
The peonies are gorgeous! Is the lawyer SDA as well?
xoxb- The Lawyer was raised Baptist, but since I'm the more religious of the two of us, we go to Adventist church. (Note: more RELIGIOUS, not necessarily more spiritual!) It depends on where we are, really. In FL at Christmas, we went to his Baptist church for service. In DC, we usually go to an SDA church.
I'll keep a good thought for your personal trials! When are your boards? I'm glad you're getting to relax a little bit more and share more time with the Lawyer! He's such a trooper (and you are too!).
You are so lucky that you are religious-ly compatible! That's such a hard thing to navigate, but it sounds like both of you are willing to be flexible at the same time that you maintain your own spirituality. It's awesome that you can go to church together even though your backgrounds are not the same.
CM- I know. Religion has been a deal breaker in a lot of my past relationships. I'm very fortunate that we have the same fundamental core beliefs and are able to work around the rest.
What a sweet man!! :) You guys are so cute... and your Bermuda pictures are AWESOME.
I wish my resident boyfriend appreciated my efforts to make our relationship work. Then again, maybe he does but is too tired to express it. Either way, I'm jealous of those peonies and the time you get to spend with your SO!
shoegal421- Aww, hang in there! I'm both the needy one in the relationship and the one who's writing the blog, so it would be interesting to hear what The Lawyer has to say about our relationship. I think that his view is, "This isn't going to last forever, and I can deal with medical training for 5 years if I get to have the real you when it's over." That being said, I'm sure that I'm an absolute *joy* to be around when I'm cranky and whiny. Residency is sure to be worse. Keep doing what you can to make it work, and hopefully your boyfriend will tell you soon that he really does appreciate it...I'm sure that you make his life a lot better!
I have just finished reading through your archives and LOVE your blog! So entertaining and reminds me of things in my life even though I'm not in med school...
Completely unrelated, but quite odd, I read this post at work and as I was reading it got a call from an employer in DC looking to post a job on our website...hmm...
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