Paige, Ashley, Kim, Tim, Dan and Chuck

One of the best parts of living in California has been my group of friends! Ashley and I knew each other from nursing school and Kappa Delta at the University of Florida, Kim and Ashley were paired up as roommates by the UCLA nursing recruiter since they were both moving to LA from the East coast (Kim is from Connecticut). So during my first year in LA we all lived over in Westwood (not as roommates - remember Kayla?) and hung out enough that it was only a matter of time before I convinced them to follow me to the Southbay. Kim works in the Neuro/Trauma ICU at UCLA with Tim. Last May (before Kim and Ashley had moved to Manhattan Beach) Tim moved to Manhattan Beach and decided to throw a housewarming party with his new roommates (Gaynor, Lauren, Dan and Chuck). I was invited to this party by Tim after a chance meeting with him on Cinco de Mayo during which we realized we had a mutual friend (Kim). Kim was at Tim's party as well, in fact this seems to be the only surviving image from that night:It was a great party and we all started to hang out pretty often (helped along by the fact that Chuck and I started dating). Chuck, Tim and Dan eventually moved out of that apartment and into their current apartment. Last October, I moved in with Kim and Ashley (or should I say they moved in with me because I already lived in MB?) to an apartment less than a mile away from the boys' apartment and since that time the six of us have become pretty close. Here we all are at Sharkeez last weekend for Kim's 25th birthday:

L to R: Paige, Chuck, Dan, Ashley, Kim, Tim