Today was a difficult day, I'm not going to lie. It started off okay, with the roommate waking me up at 4 AM to tell me he was leaving for work....yeah, that right. Cute, maybe, but not at 4 am when the sound of a car alarm keeps going off over and over until you finally leave to go to the dreaded Dentist!!
I get there, some okay news, and not so okay news. Small cavity, but I need to get my wisdom teeth out next Tuesday. After the drilling stops and I get out of that cold chair, I find out my mom has worried my co-workers sick about me. When I finally get into work and straighten everything out, my cousin and my co-worker drop major news on me.
My cousin's husband had bad results on his Brain MRI and might need my office. Then my co-worker tells me that 1) Another co-worker's husband passed out and they don't know what's wrong and 2) our doctor who just retired may not make it through the weekend.
At my job, as well as life, I am constantly reminded of my own mortality. My Kimberly reminded me to not let this news affect me. Words to sooth my soul, as well as her own. Is it disturbing that I did not need these soft spoken words? It is almost as if my job has morphed me into a new self. I no longer need the reminder to not let things disturb me because they no longer have an effect on me considering all the horribleness I see on a daily basis. It makes me wonder if I've lost a part of me that can never be recovered. Is it my innocence? I don't know but it is clear that my job has effected my outlook on life and how I respond to certain situations that arise.
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