drama....

ok, so my first inkling of the drama that ensued was the emergency squad folks that barged in the back door of the health department and asked who called and where were they to go......'oh...i don't know...but let's go find out....'.....seems that one of two skeleton staff nurses started seeing double and slurring her speech....and the lone clerk hunted down the only other nurse in the building to give her an aspirin while she called 9-11........i am not really sure whether an aspirin is the best thing for a potential stroke victim.....especially if the problem is a bleed-out brain blood vessel rather than a clogged one.......but i digress........the word now is that she likely had a t.i.a......sort of a mini-stroke.....and is to take some time off......ironic....in that this is someone whose homelife has been so intensely stressful this year.......a sister with cancer, a mother passing away, a daughter's nasty divorce.....she came to work for peace and quiet........i feel for her if her stay at home is extended........on the other hand.....this episode is a wake-up call of sorts.......to make sure that i do and say those things i need to do and say asap...because i may not have the chance tomorrow.......i could say that i saw the need for eating perfectly, exercising excessively, and giving up on wine.......but that would be foolish, considering the my colleague with the mini-stroke is a health saint........with no discernable vices......and bone thin.....