Balls and Walnuts
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Pals
Today (Tuesday, that is) was the last day of the meeting. Once again, the educational quality was high, and the company was outstanding:
. . . or maybe I just think it was outstanding company because they paid for my drinks and my dinner. Thanks, guys! That’s Bruce and Sandy on the right, Eli and Kathy on the left. Bruce, Eli, and I trained together at LA County Hospital.
I don’t pretend to understand what folks who serve together in wartime feel for one another, but I think it’s safe to say that we “County veterans” possess a faint shadow of that same feeling. We served together in stressful circumstances. No one was shooting at us, no one was trying to blow our asses off with IEDs, but hey, when your chief repeatedly screams at you that he’s going to rip off your head and shit down your neck, you feel at least a twinge of threat —
Okay, okay. It’s a reach. They’re pals of mine, the kind of pals who will still be pals even if I don’t see them for ANOTHER ten years, but hey guys let’s try not to let it go that long, hmm? Especially not now that I’m living in wine country and you have a perfectly good excuse to come visit.
D.
PS What funky photos these cell phones take . . .
PPS I do believe that’s my finger at the bottom of Bruce & Sandy’s photo.
Sounds like the good meeting and good friends have lifted your spirits. Thats what friends are for. Don’t get me started on cellphone photos because I will have to tell you how much I love my iPhone, and I find that it takes great pictures. I have the first version iphone from last year. My husband just got the newer version. I think mine takes better pictures, but maybe I’m just a better photographer. Glad you had a good meeting.
Okay, Lucie, I won’t get you started 🙂
Yes, I’m in better spirits. At least now the screaming bejeebies are at bay.
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Did Thursday Thirteen die a natural death? I must have missed it.