Waiting...

I'm in the CAMP office right now waiting on our plane to get to the airport so we can go to Unalakleet. There are three of us going from CAMP and two from the native corporation in town. Two of us interns will be doing Summercise there while the dietician from our office sees patients. Since I have some time to kill, I thought I would tell you about a conversation I had with one of my five and six year olds the other day on the bus from the pool. Such a cool kid! (as background...this child has diabetes) Our chat went something like this:

Kid: "So are you in highschool or what?"
Me: "I'm actually in college"
Kid: "oh, so what kind of job do you want to have?"
Me: "I want to be a dietician...you know somebody who tells you how to eat properly and stuff?"
Kid: "Oh well if I get to be a diabetes doctor, maybe we could work in the same hospital and work together! When I was in the hospital, I had a dietician and she was really nice! I'm sure you'll be a nice one too!"
Me: "Well thanks! I'd love to work with you!"
Kid: "So are you going to work in Anchorage or in Nome?"
Me: "Well I'm from the other side of the country, so I'm not really sure where I'll end up, but that would be really cool if we could work in the same place!"
Kid: "yea! Let's pick some days we don't want to work ok?"
Me: "ok...like what days?"
Kid: "ummmmm how about saturdays and sundays? We could not work on those days...unless there's an ambulence. If there's an ambulence, I'm there."
Me: "That sounds like a really good plan...I could use saturdays and sundays off."
Kid: "Yea...unless there's an ambulence."
Me: "Definitely."
Kid: "Ok well if you ever get to go to the Anchorage hospital when I'm a diabetes doctor, I'll be in the part that says D."
Me: "Why D? D for diabetes? or D for doctor?"
Kid: "No...you can just park your car in the parking lot...that's where my car will be, then you just follow the signs that say D. That's where I'll be...in the D part of the hospital. That's where I stayed when I was in Anchorage."
Me: "Ohhhh like the D wing of the hospital. I definitely will."
Kid: "ok."
Me: "ok."

Such an awesome kid. I know she'll make a great doctor. :)