LOL. Thanks. It's just a job and it's paid the bills while I've chased my dreams. I must say, though that there are a lot of tough men and women working as nurses in Chicago. I learned a lot from them.
Buy me a beer some day, and I'll tell you about the time my friend Sue was an hour late for work because she and her paramedic husband were trying to revive her next door neighbor who had just been shot 3 times in the chest.
I'm 6'6" and 300 pounds, and I'm a complete wuss compared to Sue.
I now feel like a whimp.
Thanks for the detailed writeup !