I had a dream last night that I ran into a friend I haven't seen in awhile. He was one of those friends who was probably nicer to me than I deserved. He'd periodically check in on me while I was in vet school, and would try to cheer me up with videos of his dog. We fell out of touch after meeting a few times after I returned to Vancouver. A large part of it was my trying to deal with the stress I was feeling from embarking on my new career, but that really shouldn't be an excuse.

There are often times I think of these friends, the ones you drift away from without any reason other than "it just happened". Could we still be friends now, or has too much time passed? If we're at markedly different stages in our lives, does the lack of common ground make it harder to connect? Would we settle into being polite acquaintances?

I suppose it's one of those things I'll just never know.