Quick Week

I have been fairly busy, between flying and other duties, and so this last week has gone by rather quickly.

I've been averaging about a flight a night, most of them to ABQ. Nothing reminds you of how much life can suck like seeing the aftermath of the actions of others. The first reminder was a minor (the underage kind, not the underground kind), who had attempted to walk home after being unable to get a ride. During the walk, for whatever reason, there was an altercation and the minor had their ass handed to them by some jackass with a baseball bat (they were alive when we left the hospital with a good prognoses).

The second was only a couple days later, when we transported an adult who had been hitchhiking when some ass hat in passing car threw something at the hitchhiker. The substance thrown is still as of yet unidentified, but it left third degree burns on the victims chest and arm. And the next time you think you have it rough, think of this: The patient continued to hitch hike to the hospital over two days.

Anyhoo, that's been the craziest it's been here. Since I've been on nights, I have taken advantage of the fact Walmart is open twenty-four hours here. It's actually kinda nice, going there at four am after my shift is over to get what I need. Of course, I've found a few odd things while there...

Wait, it's $1.97 for one, or $4.48 for the twin pack promising to save me money?

They expecting a couple of buses to crash on the side of the road or something?

But by far the most retarded thing I found was the "Hawaiian Coffee."

So, it's eleven percent then?

The weather has been warm, but is in the middle of a cooling trend now. I've been picking up lighting on the strike finder, but so far I haven't really seen too much of it, save for a couple days ago when we flew by a lighting storm - no rain, just lightning. It was entertaining for the few minutes it took us to fly by it.

Virga on the way to ABQ.

A few days ago I got to go to Zuni for the first time to pick up a patient (I'd been there before, but only for training). It's probably the oddest airport we go to: It sits literally in between two neighborhoods, and it's not uncommon to find on the runway people having a yard sale, sleeping, or cars parked. Add to this, it's not overly long (4,807'), at altitude (6,454'), and narrow (50'), and you got yourself an interesting time. Luckily, this time there were no odd occurrences, and all went well. (Hopefully next time I can get a picture, however it's going to require the help of someone else since I have my hands full trying to get into Zuni.)

The other day I found a couple of new types of M&M's at the store.

Two new kinds to add to the M&M resume.

The pretzel ones were ok; they had a crunchy but grainy texture and left my mouth dry. The strawberried peanut-butter-and-jelly ones had the opposite effect, being very sweet and left my mouth feeling more hydrated than when they went in, as if they were liquid filled or something. (Note, they aren't liquid filled, and don't even have any visible jelly that I could see when biting one in half.) I think the pretzel M&M's would be best with beer. I think this brings the total types of M&M's I have tried to eight - that is types I have tried after stumbling upon them wherever I am, I'm sure if I went to the M&M store in Vegas it would probably triple that number.

I am in Gallup for the night before heading over to Chinle for the next six days. Then it's off to California for a wedding and to see some friends.

Speaking of Gallup, when I went to replace the trash bag today, I found what I can't help but think is a generic, poor man's version of something else entirely.

For all your date rape needs. Including disposal.