Meet my desktop.
What, you were expecting something a little cheerier? A large sunflower perhaps? :) (Photo credit goes to Rev Medic, btw) I didn’t put much thought into what my kids would think of it. My son has seen worse while thumbing through my Medic textbook. My three year old, however…
“MomMom?”
“Yes Sis?” I was checking my email while she constructed pancakes from her new playdoh set nearby. She was now standing next to me, staring at my desktop.
“He has an owwchie?” Her head was cocked sideways, she was pointing at the gentleman in the picture with her chubby finger.
Oh Jesus I’m scarring my kid for life. I quickly opened a firefox window to cover up the offending picture.
“Yes, honey, he has an owwchie. But he’s okay. Let’s go play with the playdoh, okay?” I reached for a
“No, MomMom. Move the picture.”
She wants to see it? Really? Do I distract her, turn the computer off, or… Let her look at it? I let her look. It’s not a particularly gruesome pic, just some blood. “He’s okay, Sis, see? They’re taking care of him.”
“The Pawamedics? He goes inna ammulance?”
“Yep, the EMT’s and the Paramedics are taking care of him. He’s going to go to the hospital in an ambulance. He’s going to be just fine, don’t you worry.”
“Okay. He goes inna ammulance. No helicopter.”
*snort* I just shook my head. Where in the HELL did she get that from?
“No, sweetheart, no helicopter.”
Don’t toddlers blow your mind with what they absorb??? Its fun, but freaky too!!! And yeah, Dirty Jobs should totally do a show on EMS….that and a full show in a day care and a nursing home!
Nursing home is the only job where I had to take two showers a day, one before I left for work and one after I got home. I usually ended my shift feeling like a walking urinal cake. And the places aren’t the most well ventilated, especially considering they run the heat constantly, what with all the thin blood in the house.
I thought Dirty Jobs did a show on a firefighter. I guess that’s close.
But did you see the one he did on firefighting? Totally lame. Totally. But then again as long as I get to look at him for that 30 minute stretch of time, I’m not going to complain too much.
Yes, definately, call Mike and make sure he gets plenty of really messy patients…and n o t just blood…lots messier…you know where i’m going with this!
Happy 2009 All! Love and Blessings! :)
I would look forward to the scene at the end where he’s sitting in the bathtub :)