She replied that I made her feel good – that it seems she is making a difference in my life.
“And you are!” I told her. “Without this injection I couldn’t function like a normal human being.”
Small talk today was about her kids going back to school in two weeks.
“They shorten summer for kids every year!” I exclaimed exasperated. “Kids need to be playing in the yard and not sitting still for hours in stuffy school rooms.”
You could tell Rebecca was biting her tongue – probably ready for the kids to go back and give her a break from finding childcare during the day when she and her husband were at work.
“You’re all done,” Rebecca then told me of my injection.
“I didn’t even feel it,” I told her and she said I made her feel good again.
Old Fuss and Feathers was waiting on me when I arrived back at the pharmacy. I handed him my next appointment card, grabbed two diet Cokes from the cooler, and told everyone goodbye.
At one time, the year round school was going to be the model. Kids spend 2 months relearning what they forgot over the summer. Year round would take care of that and the summer day care problem. I wonder why it didn't fly? But it might have been during that whole Carter admin with the metric system too! LOL
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