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every now and then, a person - especially women (i'm saying that in order to rationalize my irresponsible actions), needs to take some time for him or herself.  to be completely reckless and wild.  oh yeah, we all need that.

so tomorrow, i'm gonna be completely wild and take a half a day off from work.  man, people won't KNOW me like this.

the ladies from the hospital have decided on a lunch date for tomorrow, and i'm going with them.  and knowing them as i do, there's no telling when or if we'll get back to the office.  i probably never told you about those ladies - there's carol, the medical record assistant IV.  very classy, elegant, very much the southern belle who can be as gracious as sunday morning or wither you with a glance.  i'll never forget the day she called the doctor on the phone and told him - i did not appreciate the way you said what you said, and if you don't mind - or even if you do, don't EVER do that again.  he apologized.  profusely.  then there's roberta, who is a minister/transcriptionist.  she prayed for us a lot during my days at the hospital - mainly during the lunch hour gossip/joke sessions.  she's a wonderful person, and i love her dearly.  and then there's the other carol, who is the medical record manager.  she's from new york - and when she first came to our little office, she didn't let us forget that we cannot drive in snow, that we talk weird, and that there is NO decent italian food anywhere in the state of north carolina.

oh wow..i didn't realize how much i missed those ladies until just now.  we were a mixed bunch.  there was libby, the clinical social worker who finally told carol manager that if she didn't like the way we talked down here, she should carry herself back to new york. but libby has a heart bigger than any i've ever encountered.  there was polly, who was a big elvis fan.  she had the calendar, the earrings, the watch, the posters..you name it, and during those lunches in medical records, she danced in front of the copier, and regaled us with stories that would have made us blush if we hadn't been laughing so hard.

i dubbed us - mainly them - the ladies of mccain.  there are times i wish i was back there with them, and then i realize that where i am has actually been good for me.  i found confidence.  i learned not to let people push me around, and if they tried, i pushed back...and the adventure is great, for however much longer it may or may not last...but tomorrow, i'll be a lady of mccain again, for a few hours, and that  is another one of those best feelings.  :-)