Social Network

The other day at my counseling intake interview, the woman, Courtney, asked me how my social life was here at WM. I told her that my social circle was small, but just the right size for the amount of time I have. I pondered this when I went home. It's interesting, because in most other situations, I would be bummed that I don't know more people. But really, the people I do know are fantastic, and I feel totally friend-sated.

First, there is Kathryn, by far the closest thing I have to my other half here. We work together, which is great, because I need someone to write me absurd e-mails (or, more accurately, reply to my firstly-absurd e-mails) and entertain me when I should be working at the Center but really don't want to. Kathryn is great to talk to, and shares my love of binge eating...which isn't always good for my waist-line or eventual stomach-ache, but has been good for chilling out a little and not stressing about my weight (which is fine and holding relatively steady...and I'm still going to the gym, yay for me).

Then there is Dave. Dave is funny and talkative and, as he puts it, an "open book." This is totally true. One morning, while waiting in line for the bike sale, Dave told me his life story. Well, mostly. I was totally in a "want to go back to bed" stupor, so I just nodded along. Later, he tried to retell all the stories one night when we all went out for a drink, and I was finishing all his sentences for him and ruining the ending. He didn't have as much to talk about then, but it was pretty funny. Dave is dependable.

There are also Ben and Eric. These are Dave's roommates. They are funny guys, and exact opposites, Eric being over-the-top outspoken and very politically incorrect, and Ben being quiet and introspective. He doesn't talk much, but what he says is also poignant and insightful. They're both good guys.

And really, that's it. My roommate had to leave me, and the new one is nice enough, although essentially absent. In January, we eagerly await the arrival of the indomitable Katie Baker, back from her hiatus in Ohio where she was completing her first book about the middle-school social scene at WM Law School. I can't to have her back.

I like my new friends.