Tonight is the night that I get to meet Geoff’s cohort and any of the other significant others. I’ve been waiting for this moment since we found out we were coming back to WA and since we’ve been here. If I’m honest….I am bloody nervous. Like to the point where I almost don’t want to go now. I’m probably just psyching myself out, which never works in my favor. It also probably doesn’t help that I’ve built this moment up in my head for the last month.
I want to find significant others that I gel with, that I can lean on when things get tough. With medical school I got so blessed with Naomi and Nicole, that I worry it will be hard to top that relationship and foundation we built. Geoff told me the other day that there were less than 10 of his cohort that had significant others (married or fiancés). Less than 10.
I also don’t want to make Geoff look bad tonight. I know that sometimes I have a tendency to say too much or act too boldly. So I want to do right by him and be polite, respectful, eloquent, and on my best behavior. The last thing I want is to embarrass him or make his cohort think I’m weird. It’s really important to me that he finds people too in his cohort that he gels with. I in no way want to hinder that.
Maybe I’ll just go workout and then I’ll distract myself with cleaning…and deep breathing.
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