DNGILB: Trust me, I'm a doctor.

When most people ride in an ambulance, its not a pleasant experience... as they are most likely severely injured or suffering from a heart attack or some other major health event. Possibly fighting for their very lives. Fortunately for me, my ride was a pleasant one. My opportunity came as a required part of my ER rotation. Gas pedal pressed down. Way down. We just got a call over the radio. An hour of boredom now broken. Now, lights and sirens. Blazing a trail thru traffic in a top heavy truck at 60+ mph definitely has a certain excitement. The struts on ambulances were not designed for their purpose, every pot hole is it’s own adventure... and trauma. I reminisced about being a small boy and watching shows with car chase scenes and dreaming about driving like that, or being a hero racing to someone's aid. While I enjoyed it, it wasn't a big enough rush to make me want to change careers, but it still appealed to the adventure seeking boy in me. The calls we responded to ra

On the interview trail, you travel by yourself. For anyone who hasn't traveled by themselves, its a different experience. Its not like being at home alone all day. Yes, at home alone you are in a companionship vacuum, void of all interpersonal contacts, but you're not "in" the world. When you travel by yourself, you are out "in" the world. Your around thousands of people, yet no knows you, you likely won't ever see any of them again... it feels so different. Right now I'm in a coffee shop. I've spent hundreds of hours in coffee shops in Oklahoma, but never have I felt so separated from the other "strangers" in the shop. It feels different. Maybe I feel invisible, or inconsequential. I could do or say just about anything without worrying about ever seeing these people again. Another unique thing about traveling by yourself is time, quiet time, with God. I take with me a stimulating book on Christian thought. CS Lewis's "The Prob