Those who have your back

If the police have arrested someone and they complain of pain or they show altered state of mind, they'll often call an ambulance in. J.D. went to a call the other day where this guy was running down the street naked and was subsequently arrested. He was sitting in the back of the police car naked and was medically evaluated naked...So that doesn't really have anything to do with the point of this post, but for some reason, I'm astonished by that...Seems to me, if you're going to do something stupid, you probably shouldn't do it naked. Although I suppose in his defense, he was high as a kite, so maybe started out fully clothed? Anyways, J.D. was called out by the cops for a 15 year old hood rat that had run from them. After they caught him, this kid complained of chest pain. When the medics showed up, the kid was mouthing off to the cops about how slow, fat, lazy, etc they are. J.D. laughed and said, "they caught you didn't they!". The cop looked over at J.D. and said "thanks, we aren't allowed to say stuff like that". My point is, you never know where someone that has your back will come from.

One day, J.D. picked up a guy on a Sunday morning. He was hung over with no ID, no wallet, no cellphone. The last thing the patient could remember was being in a strip club with some friends, in Alabama (J.D. works in Atlanta, Georgia)...Turns out that he had been black out drunk and his friends put him on a bus headed out of the state...And you had better hope the people that have your back are the right ones.

I used to sneer at politicians and the obviousness of their power corruption. Then I got in to the work place and realized a lot of people do stupid power plays for seemingly little to non existent power. And it really gets me fired up when those power plays (which I am not involved in!) affect my life. My husband is in a school program to become a paramedic (woohoo for getting to give drugs to patients!) and there is a power struggle going on that may postpone his graduation by three whole months. But his director has stepped up to try to find another way so that his class doesn't get screwed over.

Or my bridesmaids who frantically redid our bouquets, using flowers from the reception centerpieces, minutes before our wedding because of a mishap that killed the flowers in the old ones. They never once complained, they scrambled to get it done, and still came out on the other end composed and beautiful. Then proceeded to put up with pins poking them, wet bouquet handles, and keeping the "ugly" side pressed against their dresses so no one else at the wedding would realize they had been done last minute.

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Gratitude: I'm grateful for those around us that are not only on our side, but also have our back.

Quote: "Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends"