Tonight was my first night working on my own in my little ER. A little underwhelming, but a good night overall. Like every day at work, I had more conversations about being a Mormon. The great majority of people that I talk to here have never actually met someone who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints before. However, I was surprised when two ladies told me how every year they look forward to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert. They know nothing about the LDS church, but the concert is a staple in their family Christmas traditions. I had no idea! Another one of my favorite conversations of tonight was as someone was leaving and shouted back to me "Say hi to Mitt for us". It took me a second to get that one. :) Mitt Romney.
Another interesting thing is the amount of nice people that come to this southern ER. I have not yet met a single angry family member. And here, you look someone in the face and tell them that they will probably wait for 7 hours until they will be admitted to the floor and they kindly and understandingly reply "okay". Maybe it is because they are used to these kind of wait times, but man! The main Duke University Hospital emergency room has a wait time of 4-12 hours! And people wait!
The last enjoyment is I am starting to meet more granola friends at work who know places and things to go adventuring. I have met a man who choose his profession so that he could support his athletic habits that consisted of playing on a super competitive mens ultimate frisbee team from Minnesota. (Christy, they went to nationals and worlds! I told him about Persuader and he had totally heard of them!!!) I work with someone who lived near Yosemite National Park and went almost every week. Incidentally he was friends with the guy that solo climbed El Capital and Half Dome. They called him "princess"...
I love you all very much! Hope all is well! :)
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