It's Sunday morning and I have been up since 6am. We were planning on staying up late last night and partying, but alas it didn't happen. We were wiped. We did manage to have a large breakfast for dinner and that sat pretty heavily on our stomachs. Candice, who is the domestic engineer of our group, is a pretty good cook. She seems to enjoy cooking for 6 guys and we don't stop her. Luckily, she gets paid in return in many ways.
Work has become increasingly harder in many ways. I enjoy working with the nurses and it has allowed me some freedom to help more people out, rather than pushing a pencil. I have gotten more one on one time with a lot of people. There isn't a baby I don't like either. My job really now consists of making sure 2500+ people get water and a snack while they wait in line for 5 hours. They can become upset easily. I walk the line and check on them all to my best ability. If they seem to be in too bad of shape and I think that standing in line will be a detriment to their bodies, souls or minds then I pull them out. It's insane, but people are so desperate that they bring babies (even newborns), come if they are sick or show up with their whole family. I do enjoy what I am doing, but it is a real drain on my body and mind. There are some people that will be burned in my mind's eye forever. There is one little fat curly headed baby that I will never forget. He reminded me of B so much. He had gotten overheated and cranky. You could feel the heat off of his skin. I pulled him and his mother out of line and stripped him down to his diaper so that the wind would cool off his skin. He screamed for a good 10 minutes. Poor guy. Never forget.
I will go watch the sunrise on the beach now and contemplate the deepness of the dollar menu at Mickey D's.
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Signing out,
PC
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Signing out,
PC
Hey, P. Found your blog and really have enjoyed reading it. It makes me proud of the person you've grown into from those days so long ago. I'll call you soon.
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