new beginnings

so I am embarking on a new leg of my journey i guess you could say.

new living arrangements, the end of classroom learning and the beginning of hands-on learning in the hospital.

new challenges, new expectations....transitions. something exciting yet painful for me.
along with all of this is the reiteration that life is flux, and people let you down.

obviously i'm bothered on some level by this obvious truth.

people let you down.

they hurt you. they disregard and devalue you.

on purpose?? sometimes. sometimes ignorantly. (which is no excuse for breaking the law fyi)

this year has been a large time for growth in that part of my life.

what, with friends not telling me incredible life-changing events in their lives
friends taking my birthday with a grain of salt, only for new friends to have to carry a large part of the bargain
friends enlisting me in some sort of juvenile competition for men that i'm not even interested in
friends forfeiting relationships that have been tested for some novelty that is not at all guaranteed.

but whatever.

what does alanis say? you live you learn. :-)