today

today has been a different day, i must say
started out with a cancellation,
--a cancellation is odd
then 2 more calls, back to back
--thats normal for jco
and i got all my charts done, today, all of em!
--thats odd for me

k comes in this evening, to relieve me,
she's begging for a call,
--thats odd for her
she wants something to do, so her and i went to stop for supper
and of course, she gets a call, before her meal came
--thats normal in ems

so, i'm sitting there all by my lonesome in the DR section
and this middle aged couple comes in, sits down, orders
my meal comes, a club sandwich, ham
and the lady promptly calls the waitress over,
is it to late to change my order? i want what she has
oh wow
i hope you like it, lady
if you don't like it, i'll feel bad cause i influenced you
(even tho i had nothing to do with it)

so, i'm eating my supper, i get k's bagged to go
and this other lady comes over from the other side of the DR
i just wanted to tell you, i think emt's are the unsung heroes
--thats odd to be told that
(i can feel myself blushing)
well, thank you, and smile
then she goes on to say,
i was there when you took care of "pt's name"
and you knew exactly what you were doing

and to think, i was irritated at this lady, that day
cause we were inside mcdonalds, and she comes over and promptly says to mrs pt
is she an emt? and then promptly starts jabbering away to mrs pt
first off, i was irritated cause i'm a paramedic, not an emt
but i didnt set her straight abt it
it wasnt the time nor the place
and not really worth getting irritated abt
and the 2nd reason i was irritated with her,
was cause i initially thot she was a nosy bystander
until i realized she knew the pt and his wife, and mrs pt didnt mind her

(i think i need to go to a restuarant more often
after all, thats twice in a row, sit down, that i have heard good words abt me)

so thats been today
a bunch of oddities all strung together

and then, i called mom on my way home
here she spent all afternoon in jco
wandering from one end of the county to the other
looking for a fabric store
cause her ride didnt know where to go
and mom wasnt sure where it was either
altho she had a much better idea where it was
but the driver wouldnt pay any attention to her

and holly called from port,
i can go over there for thanksgiving supper, since i work tomorrow
i'm already going to greg's for dinner
am hoping its a quiet day

tonight, i'm thankful for people who take the time to tell others when they are doing a good job, or when they are impressed by their work