Thread by @DrSamiSchalk

Just booked flight & @Airbnb for #Vegas in Jan w/ my 3 best friends from college. They’re all MDs, married w/ 1-2 kids. I’m a university professor w/ a book & a cat. We met as young women of color on the same full tuition scholarship living in the Honors dorm at @miamiuniversity.

I’ve always been the odd man out in our group: only non-premed/med school/doctor, only queer one, only one not interested in kids or marriage. But somehow our friendship has lasted over a 15 years. This will be the first time we’ve all been together in the same space in 5 years.

I’ve seen them all individually (we live in four different time zones across the US), but it’s been impossible to plan a weekend away as we all finished school/residences, moved multiple times, had babies, got new jobs, etc. I’m excited & emotional about all being together.

Here’s a picture of us on spring break in 2005 as freshmen in college and again in 2014 at the wedding of one of the group, the last time we were all together.

#femalefriendship #collegefriends #oldfriends #bffs #badassbitches #miamiuniversity #harrisonscholars #friendsovertheyears