Feeling human is nice.

Been talking to that woman I met on Sunday every evening, we're getting dinner tomorrow. She makes me feel indescribably good about all sorts of things, especially myself. It's odd to be having a conversation with someone and feel like everything they're saying could have come from your own lips or mind. She's got this deep, base-level curiosity that I find absolutely enthralling and meshes well with my own desire to know and understand more.

The thing that's the most 'odd' in a way that I'm unfamiliar with is that she's poly, and just got out of a relationship with a couple. I've never been a part of a plural relationship, and if you had asked me on Saturday if I would ever entertain the notion of it, I would have told you a solid 'No.' After talking with her about it, I think I'm starting to understand why it could work for some people, but I'm still not sure it's something I'm cool with. It's sort of immaterial at the moment, because she's not seeing anybody else. It is something to think about though.

Work is going swimmingly. I'm finally closing enrollment on two studies, and my pet project is taking off rather nicely. We're going to be conducting a pilot study to see if the changes I've recommended to our clinical research operations are having the effect we want. My preliminary data supports the idea that if you personally engage patients and families in your research project, take them into consideration when you're designing studies, you decrease dropout/Lost To Followup rates and collect higher quality data, to make better recommendations to physicians in the future. If the pilot study comes back with anything convincing, I'm going to be applying for a grant to do something more comprehensive.

The tricky part now is looking for an MD or MDPHD willing to get onboard as a Co-PI, but I think I've found one.

Dinner date tomorrow night, bowling with some friends on Friday.