Instead I got up and took the chinatown bus up to NYC to see my friend matt graduate from med school. this was exciting for two reasons: 1)Bill Clinton was the keynote speaker and 2)matt is one of my oldest friends, and he wanted me there.
for years my dad has been calling matt 'doctor matt'. i would always remind him 'no dad, he's in med school, he's not actually a doctor yet'. because heaven knows, matt's head is already big enough, no need to help inflate it more. (love you matt, but you know its true)
but as of today, he really is Doctor Matt. and i am very proud of him.
matt has always been one of those people who was smart without trying. he was 4th in our class in high school, got into Brown (ahem, where i had wanted to go), and went to Mt. Sinai med school. he partied throughout. don't get me wrong, he did the work, but it always seemed that he didn't need to try very hard to be incredibly successful- something i could have chosen to be jealous of, but instead i admire. somehow matt manages to shmooze with the best of them, and yet can really know what he is talking about (well, most of the time...). he is going to be an awesome doctor. and should i ever have a health issue (god forbid) he will definitely be one of the first people i call, especially if it's related to the GI tract. :)
also, i got to wear my favorite target dress and my white princess coat- which makes me feel like a princess.... so it's always a good day when i get to dress up.
and oh yeah, president bill clinton spoke, he was awesome. we were in the second row- and i took a lot of pictures (look for them on facebook soon).
now i'm off to dinner with arielle and ben, before heading back to philly for a fun-filled friday of wedding events for mimi and jeff!!
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