lately we've been going to wine bars...and after being to a few, i think i found a wine bar i can call home now. this is the second time i've been to this particular one and we closed it down tonight...felt bad, literally an hour after they closed, we finally left. they were pretty nice about it though. it got a bit loud though as the table next to us was having too good a time.

i don't want to sound ungrateful, but i'm enjoying my time off so much that i'm not looking forward to going back (which unfortunately will be very soon). surprisingly, i got a good piece of advice (of course common sense i already knew, but needed to be reminded of) from my friend who had a different perpsective:

'You shouldn't dread going back.  The sooner you get there, the sooner it will all be over.  I know it's rough,  you have the courage to stick through some unpleasant times in order to achieve something that you want very badly.  Maybe that sounds easy, but it's really not.  In a few years, you'll look back on this from inside the walls of your very own  practice and chuckle because despite all the stress and hard-work, it was all worth it'.

and hearing that from mateo, i was re-fortified. it was so simply and effectively put that i knew i had no more complaints (even if i have to read this over again to remind myself). 

and i'm really liking my wine.