Visiting DC and DC Visiting Me (or how hanging out with old friends leads to drinking too much alcohol)

It all started with two days off and an impulse trip to Washington, DC. My original intent was to go to the Scientific Assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP and yes, I go to medical conferences for fun.) Besides learning from the lectures, it was great to see old friends from residency. The most suprising run-in was to a co-resident I worked with in Pittsburgh from the year 2000. His name... well too difficult to spell, but something like "Adewele Adewande". Wow! I hope he doesn't read this page.



Anyway, after the conference, I stayed in the convention center area and ended up hanging at an irish pub with Christine, an old friend from college. She claimed it was 8 years since we've seen each other, but I think it was more like four. Whatever, it was a long time. Besides catching up with each other, I managed to consume enough beers on an empty stomach to not be appropriate to drive(alright, it was only two, but ask anyone, I'm a cheap date). I paced around DC a while before getting into the car.



My medical school buddy Bill was not in DC that day, but as it turned out he was coming to Dover the following day. He and Erica were returning from a trip in NYC. They had dinner with Megan and me at a Hibachi restaurant and after consuming the large volcano drink and some beers, we went to my house for some drinking games, yes drinking games. (Don't worry!! Megan didn't drink. She's with child, silly). We knew we had gone too far when we started doing shots and downloading cheesy music from the internet, like Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'"

After a large breakfast the next day, Bill and Erica headed to the outlets in Rehoboth, and I proceeded to work a busy shift in Milford. Overall, it was good to see my buds from DC. I originally thought Megan and I moved further from my friends when we first came to Dover, but in the last two months, Bill restarted residency in Bethesda and I reconnected with Chris. Here's hoping we see a lot more of them in the future...as long as my liver can take it...