Live blog from a parking lot

[neadods]

I'm about to start a clinic shift. It's also about to start pouring up to 4 inches of snow, sleet and rain on us. This is a placeholder so I can update this from the phone, if anything interesting happens.

As it's the first weekend of 40 Days of Lent Life, I'm expecting shennanigans.

9:05: note to self: when getting gloves, it is important NOT that they look alike, but they be an actual pair!

9:20: fellow escort is fellow Austen *and* Holmes fan. We're boring the hell out of the only guy with squee.

10:35: debating taking off vest, coat, and boots to add toe warmers or just sit in car until can feel toes again. There turn out to be limits to the insulted boots and hiking socks, and we have another ~2 hours to go.

10:40: snow has started. Looking at it through windshield.

11:10: home again, home again. All the patients are in and many have left. The last one thanked us for being there when she got there. Snowing harder. Think we may have left too early but not arguing.

Comments

[badgermirlacca.livejournal.com]

Thinking good thoughts to you. Stay warm and dry and safe.

[lagilman]

On the plus side, if it gets cold enough, protesters' faces will freeze and they won't be able to shout?

[neadods.livejournal.com]

None of the shouty ones were there, to my relief. Their leader du jour appeared to be Praying Mantis, and he's downright reasonable. The loudest was Good Catholic Family (only the larger children and not the babies, fortunately) singing "For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion" in a surprisingly upbeat pop tune.

[amethyst-hunter.livejournal.com]

I call it 40 Days of Lies, since that's basically what it is. (Where I am, we generally get the pro-liars out and about when it's the anniversary of Roe, or during October when they have the leadup to the holiday season, which also coincides with their version of 40 Days of Lies.)