Day 26  (Friday  April 24, 2009)...CLS and a Hefeweizen?

Isabella drove me down to the barracks in the morning and I prepared to tackle another day of Combat Life Saver class.  This was a testing day for us.  Having applied the skills acquired in yesterday’s class, we had stations set up test our skills…nunchuck skills…bow hunting skills…computer hacking skills…Napolean Dynamite reference for those not tracking.  The exam was much like that of a Basic Life Saver coarse or an Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Saver coarse…though not as strict.  Next, we were given a written test of 40 questions.  Not too tough.  Finally, they taught us how to put in IV’s in one another.  I couldn’t handle all the blood and flunked…just kidding.  I did, however, let our inexperienced team leader put one in me.  And I must say, he did a great job; not a drop of blood.

(The first picture is Mike (radiologist) putting an IV in Josh (family practice doc).  Travis and Jerry are in the background acting interested.  The second picture is me torturing our team leader with an IV...I don't think it hurt that bad.

 

Awesome!  We were out by 1400.  So, I called up Isabella and we drove into Manhattan and ate at the Little Apple Brewing Company.  The food wasn’t bad but when I asked the waitress for a homegrown microbrew similar to a hefeweizen, all I received was a blank stare.  Not one to dwell on her lack of lager knowledge, I politely asked for the Winter Wheat Ale.  It tasted like a Budweiser…oh well.  Still early in the evening, we were a little bored and ended up at the Manhattan mall.  Sorry, that just sounds funny.  What can I say, though, it’s a small town.  Having walked off dinner, we called it a night and went to our room to watch a movie and relax.