Sometimes all that you need is a little conversation

It's odd how I sometimes find myself drawn to people. It's really not a sense of attraction, at least as far as I know, but rather a hunger for conversation. Some people just have really interesting points of view. And yet mundane conversation seems to be the rule of the day. Most people are kept occupied with small talk and never tread into the realms of deeper conversation. It's also often hard to start a conversation where you are asking about more than how the person's weekend went.

There are only a few people in my class that I really enjoy talking to. It's the people that I can have an honest conversation with and not be bogged down in small talk. But I do honestly feel lonely sometimes, because I need that kind of conversation every day. I haven't yet found someone who is willing to speak to me on that level and let me share on that same level.

So I suppose at the moment I will have to settle for the small talk and keep an open ear for the conversations that I crave.

Tomorrow we receive our BP cuffs and stethoscopes. I suppose it almost marks a coming of age, though some people did have to wait a lot longer. It does feel like an adventure, with so much to learn, and new people to meet every day.

It's so much like an adventure that it's easy to get lost sometimes.