A Pint a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

What do you do all day at work? Honestly, I am curious.

People spend all kinds of time, "at work."

At a dinner party the other day, I pondered this when the characteristic question arose, "What do you do?"

Immediately, my thoughts jumped to Justin's response. I looked at him and thought--cue answer, followed by the typical inquisition. As I mapped the conversation in my mind, I realized my keen abilities to foretell the future have sharpened.

For those who know Justin, know that he works at a hospital and wears blue scrubs. He is what the medical community calls a Perfusionist. One of his jobs is to operate a heart-lung machine for open heart surgery. Basically, Justin pretends to be the patients heart and lungs while they are under anesthesia so the surgeon can operate.

So, while Justin explains what he does (sometimes doodling hearts on paper dinner napkins), in my mind I make up my own reply to this question. My response would start with Justin loving blood and him being a vampire. Especially after seeing the movie, Twilight, qualities about Justin became more clear.

There are many reasons why Justin could be a vampire. For starters, his grandfather, Ken Sleasman was a long-time logger in Forks, WA. Interesting. For two years, Justin pretended to enjoy the Arizona sun, where he says he earned his masters degree. I think he chose this location due to the high density of geriatric patients that seem to accumulate in the greater Phoenix area. Slow moving, easy targets.

Justin also works odd evening hours, sometimes crawling into bed, quiet as a ninja. When our alarms (yes- plural) go off in the a.m., I look over at him and he is exhausted--his pale features sparkling with lack of sleep.

It was at this dinner party that realized, I too could be a vampire. When I looked in the mirror, I noticed my rather long canine teeth.

To verify our findings, we took this test and aced: http://www.dumbspot.com/vampire-test?gatherer_id=100332&gclid=CLmWz5fr7JgCFQ6jagod_mbL0g.

How did you do?

Picture of Justin in front of the: heart-lung machine with his boss Paul and co-worker Jenn.