Here's my number...

Last night while working squad, we had a student rider who was barely 18 with us...something that is not uncommon in EMS. This student rider was very enthusiastic, and hadn't taken his first call yet. Being a teacher at heart, I started to explain different things about EMS to him. He was around a rough crowd all afternoon, so I decided that I would be kind to him... He had been there since 1pm, and it was already 6pm, and he was anxious to go on a scene run. At 830 pm, we had our first run-a fall with injuries. Our rider was enthusiastic to help, so after I completed my assessment, I let the him take over. Later after arriving at the hospital, I was sitting down writing the report, and the rider comes up to me and sits down. He stutters and hands me an alcohol prep pad with his name and number written down on it and says "just in case you ever want to call or text me" and then walks away with the rest of the group. I thought that it was a very sweet and cute thing to do. I think that it is not going to work out, but thanks for the offer anyway.:) As I sit reflecting on this incident, it makes me wonder how many other guys that I am nice to that think that I am "interested" in...Life is an adventure!

Watch out for the Salesperson!

It was a cloudy afternoon as I rushed out of my house to meet my sister and mom at the mall to get my nephew's three month old pictures taken. After we were done with the pictures, we all decided to go and walk around the mall. While walking with my little groupies, I got distracted by a pretty dress in a store. I was told to go ahead and browse around the little store and meet up with them later. I went into the store and discovered that the dress was too expensive, and entirely out of my price range. I quickly ran out of the store before I could get stopped by any of the salespersons there. I was no sooner out of the store, when I got stopped by a handsome young man holding a free sample of lotion. He asked me if I wanted the free sample of lotion, and I was anxious to continue on my way and said "sure." Right after I said "sure" he lured me in with his salesperson's tactics, and I was hooked. I am pretty sure that he showed me every single product that he and his vendor was selling, all of the while commenting on how beautiful I was, and flirting up a storm with me. I was annoyed/flattered by the attention. I kept trying to pull away from this costly stand of cosmetics, and this young man kept thinking of different ways to keep me there. He was piling product after product in my hands and trying to get me to buy the items. Finally I was so annoyed by this salesperson, that I settled on a $30 bar of soap. While I was going to check out, he swiftly stuck a $100 product in my hands, and took my credit card. Before I knew what happened, the purchase was finalized, and I was holding $130 worth of cosmetics in my hands.  I learned a lot that day, and this is one adventure that I never want to have to relive!