Saturday Morning

Sorry I didn’t get all those new posts put in last night but I was exhausted when I got home. I’m so thankful to have today off.

It is cloudy and impossibly humid out which means we can expect rainstorms today. The weather channel gives us a 60% chance of rain. We don’t really need anymore rain right now – it poured for hours yesterday and last night. But I don’t mind if it does rain – I like listening to it.

I have my “to do” list which I need to get cracking at today. It ought to keep me busy most of the day. I will probably go to Arby’s for lunch though cuz that french dip sub is calling to me.

Home At last

I’m so glad to be home! It is like this whole week has been leading up to this full moon. Each night was worse then the one before and tonight was absolutely insane. The phones rang constantly – we could barely jump up to go to the bathroom! We all wondered if the whole county had gone nuts or been bitten by rabid dogs.

I am off on Saturday and am thinking maybe I should go to the beach or something. Haven’t gone to lay out in ages and this is my last Saturday off till March. Course, going during the week is better anyway because the crowds are smaller.

I work 12 hrs on Halloween. Maybe I should take in that vampire movie when I get off at 11pm. I know they’ll have a late show of it and I know the phones will be bizarre enough that I’ll need to de-stress when I get off.

Further Problems

OMG! I’m so making sure I never work a full moon again! It has only gotten worse as the night has marches slowly on.

They had to cut down the tree to get to the man in the vehicle. We had complaints from neighbors about them doing so. I can understand because I love trees – but I wouldn’t begrudge them cutting one down to save a life. That boy in there is someone’s son.

Had another older guy who lives on his sailboat call. He said a drunk guy was swimming in the bay and possibly going to drown. The drunk had tried to get on the caller’s boat but he wouldn’t let him on. The guy tried to get in the caller’s dingy instead and ended up sinking it.

The caller said he was not lifting a finger to help the guy – he didn’t care if the guy drowned. He lost sight of the guy as the guy swam towards shore. We don’t know if the guy drowned or managed to climb on another boat. The caller said the guy was nothing but white trash that no one would miss.

I don’t understand people. I can see not wanting a drunk stranger on your boat but at least throw him a life wring so he doesn’t drown. Its kind of scary that people can be so calloused.

Second Four Hours

This place has been a zoo – it is a full moon tonight. Really amazing how much of a difference it makes. I’m serious folks, it is not a myth that weird things happen on full moons.

We had mosquito control out flying tonight – they spray insecticide to control mosquitoes…hence the name.

You would not believe the creative things people came up with regarding that low flying plane. Some thought the plane was crashing (which is acceptable because it does fly very low), some thought the plane was a spy plane spying on their neighborhood, some said it was a huge airliner full of people crashing into their house, one person said the airplane was dive bombing his house, several people thought we were under attack by Al Qaeda, and a few paranoid callers thought it was UFO’s here to invade Earth. I think the movie “Signs” played on the TV the other day.

We have a major car accident on a busy intersection with three trauma alerts – which means three patients with very lift threatening injuries. We are landing two and possibly three helicopters plus still have two patients stuck in the vehicle. Its a one car accident – the car was going too fast, lost control and wrapped itself around a tree.

We had a guy who found someone had shot his dog, we’ve had a guy driving around naked, we’ve had a boat collision in the Bay and we’ve had a man who found a bag of cocaine. All that in just over an hour’s time!

The room is loud and hopping – probably why I have a bad headache.

Two of the helicopters are on the ground – one of the passengers wasn’t wearing a seat belt so guess he is the one taking the longest to cut out. He is positioned so they can’t get to someone else also stuck in the car. It is a mess.

Overtime

I was going to try to get rid of my OT yesterday but talked myself out of it. Now I wish I would have gone ahead because I don’t want to be here. This shift is dragging again. Hate it. Not that I’d probably be doing anything exciting at home either…which is why I made myself work the OT. It gets me out of the house.

I can’t complain – I can use the money…plus I signed up for it so no one to blame but myself. I brought a book to read so maybe the 2nd group of four hours will go faster. One can dream.

Polygamy

I’m sure a lot of people saw Oprah yesterday about polygamy – the practice of having more then one spouse. Several groups of women came on the show to tell of the advantages of polygamy. Two of the women in two different groups, shared their husbands with a sister.

These women all got along, had multiple children and seemed genuinely happy. Their husbands made enough money to support the women and children. They lived in huge homes – one had 30+ bedrooms…22 children lived there and three wives.

Then they had one woman – an escapee from a commune cult – who was forced to marry a man who ended up with over 100 wives. She was 14 yrs old when they married.

As her daughter got up near her teens, the mother realized the same thing would happen to her. So one night when the husband was gone, she gathered her eight children and slipped away into the night. She said she found life outside the commune was nothing like they had told her – people weren’t evil and she met several who were actually friendly. The women in the cult were forced to dress in turn of the century clothing and not allowed contact with the outside world.

The first women made a halfway believable argument for polygamy – they dispelled some of the old stigmas I had on the issue. I could see how the women helped each other both physically, spiritually, and mentally. They really were a large family unit.

The husband came on and did not appear to be an ogre interested in dominating women. From what I could gather, it might not of been his idea to begin with that he marry his wife’s sister, but I was interrupted by the phones so missed part of that conversation.

Maybe polygamy is the answer to there being more women then men in the world. The Indians often practiced it and it worked for them as well. Personally, I don’t think I could do it myself but if others can then more power to them…especially if the father can support them all.

Of course, the last woman made me think again about men who have harems in cults who force women to marry them and give them children. I don’t believe any marriage should be forced on anyone.

I do wonder how many women and men would practice polygamy if it were socially acceptable.