Today is one of those days where my brain has shut down, and I can't find the "resume" button. I just haven't been able to get anything done, because I have such a bad headache. I have been meandering around a bit, but mostly sitting in a chair trying not to aggravate my headache. Obviously, I do not have any pain medication in the house. And it's too sunny outside to go out, the sun hurts my eyes, haha.

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My best friend of nine years, Marcus, is going off to med school in a few weeks. Don't get me wrong, I'm really proud of him for making it to med school in the first place. But he's moving to New York, and that's over 600 miles from here.

We hardly ever got to see each other when he lived only an hour away from me, so what's it going to be like now? And I know that as time goes on, the distance between us will probably take a bigger and bigger toll. Especially when he starts residency and, later, (God forbid) a family.

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