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alexhchung: Godzilla visits Disneyland by James Silvani

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:11:12 -0400

alexhchung:

Godzilla visits Disneyland by James Silvani

mediaite: CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Asks Atheist Tornado Survivor If...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:48 -0400

mediaite:

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Asks Atheist Tornado Survivor If She ‘Thanked The Lord’

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Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:14 -0400

Fangirl Challenge | [2/10] Male characters → Chandler Bing...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:08:12 -0400

Fangirl Challenge | [2/10] Male characters → Chandler Bing (Friends)

“That’s me. I’m weird and sensitive.”

defranco: excitedtard: (X) I make weird faces. I can’t help...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:06:52 -0400

defranco:

excitedtard:

(X)

I make weird faces. I can’t help it. I’m Italian. We are physically unable to control our arms and faces.

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Wed, 22 May 2013 18:06:36 -0400

gamefreaksnz: South of Route 1 by TeeKetch on sale 5/23 US $10...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:05:56 -0400

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South of Route 1 by TeeKetch on sale 5/23

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Wed, 22 May 2013 18:04:06 -0400

Confessions of a Paramedic's Wife

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:03:18 -0400

Confessions of a Paramedic's Wife:

ansaolalainn:

To say I wouldn’t marry him if I knew then what I know now would be a lie. However, I can say that I was totally and completely unprepared for the road this marriage has brought us down.

Being the spouse of a public servant is very much like being a military spouse. Now I’m not saying that my husband being gone for 2 or 3 days is anything compared to yours being gone for a year, but it has its challenges.

Today is a day that I just feel completely overwhelmed. I often say that I didn’t get married to be a single parent, but the actuality of it is that I am, in most ways, a single parent. It’s hard. It’s stressful. There are times when I find it very hard to not be bitter.

However.

Being a paramedic’s wife has also brought a heck of a lot of into this house. For instance:

At the dinner table we talk about codes and car accidents and whining drunks.

When our kids get hurt the first question is “are you bleeding?” If the answer is no then “You’re fine.”

If the answer is yes then we reply with something like “Don’t get it on the carpet!”

Also, “If you break your leg I am NOT driving you to the Emergency room” is frequently heard in this house.

Fridays generally mean nothing to us, as our weekends are basically when daddy’s home.

We can’t watch medical shows of any sort because we spend the entire time going “Oh come on YOU DO NOT SHOCK ASYSTOLE!”

I started this post hours ago when I was worn down from dealing with the kids all afternoon alone and trying to get the house cleaned and laundry done and get everyone ready to go to church by seven, but now I’m actually in a much better place. So here’s the main confession from this paramedic’s wife.

Our life is not conventional. We make little money and have only halfway decent benefits. Our children have insane medical vocabularies and twisted senses of humor, and unless they are dying, get no sympathy from us. We laugh at the most inappropriate moments, live apart half the time, and probably seem crazy to everyone around us. But it works for us. So I guess that’s okay.

You know, now that I’m not cussing my husband for leaving me home with these two hoodlums for 3 days straight :D