Dear Everyone I Know,

Right, so here's the thing. I am a MEDICAL STUDENT. You know this. You also know that if you look me up in a thesaurus I'll have synonyms like "busy", "stressed" "overworked" and "what's a social life, again?"

My life is FULL. I have clinics to attend, patients to clerk, seminars to prepare, essays to write. I have things to do for my society, and just occasionally I have to squeeze in things like exercise and buying food as well.

You should see my diary, honestly. On any given day I may well have to go to at least 2 hospitals, attend meetings, I have to fit in library time and time to do assigned work. I have to travel, back and forth, around London, on public transport. I have society events in the evenings, and I arrange to see friends. On the occasion that I have a free space of time, it's usually there for a reason- because I've decided I want to actually cook myself a fresh meal, or get enough sleep, or be able to see my bedroom floor.

So if you feel like texting me at random halfway through the day to see if I'm free, I'm not. I would like to be, but it's just not going to happen. And until you realise this and give me warning so I can plan when to work and when to see you (which I will gladly do, but I have deadlines to meet) well... You're just not going to see me, I'm afraid!