Strange day today. Three deer munching their way up the hill of my backyard until they spot me standing there, slowly turn and walk back to the woods.
Common problem, standing in line at the pharmacy behind someone whose insurance card has expired. Long wait, but it got to her worse than I; she started to faint. Sat down in a nearby chair while I shot her full of questions and directions and got the pharmacist to bring her water. After she said no, she wasn’t pregnant, we stared at one another and I laughed. "I used to be an EMT," I said, "and I’m just trying to remember everything I’m supposed to ask you."
She slowly felt okay, and I now know this total stranger isn’t pregnant.
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