When Duty Calls...

So tonight is my second night on duty for MCEMS tonight, and since it's a saturday, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and--according EMT superstition--a full moon, I'm almost guarenteed to get my fair shair of patients tonight.
I am delighted.
This is my first step into the world of health care, my chance to get my feet wet, and my baptism by experience.
Alas, this is also the night when I was invited to a party in Tremont by some friends. I can't go of course--which is a shame because although I peronsally am in no mood for the demon rum right now, I would like to go. Why? Because this is the first time I've been invited to a party by someone who wasn't a close and personal friend, or showed up in the entourage of one. I guess you could say it's the first time I've been inviteted simply on the basis that they sort of know me and think I'm cool and want my company at their party.
Ah well, next time. For now, I've got a busy night ahead of me.