why i love my job

I love my job for lots of reasons, but one reason is that I love working with older adults. Today was a classic example of that. I usually go to different talks/programs that occur at the community center in the area where we are targeting our research study. At the talks, I share about our study and try to get people to enroll in the study. I went on Monday and went again today. I was standing at the door meeting and greeting people as they walked in. A lady who had been to the talk on Monday came in and I said hello and she immediately said to me "geeze, you are really ready to pop!" and I was kinda thrown off by that because most people ask me how far along I am and they are usually surprised that I am as far along as I am and say something along the line of "where's that baby?" etc. So anyway, back to the lady today. after I told her I have two and a half months left to go, she was kinda in disbelief but then proceeded to comment "well i am glad you really are pregnant because on Monday I just thought you were fat!" I laughed so hard and am still laughing right now as I am writing this. So that was pretty great and then when I was giving my little talk about the study I was introducing the other therapist that was with me and the lady who is in charge of billing/insurance for our clinical population. I said "and this is Shanell" and someone else piped up "I used have a pet skunk named Shanell" I started laughing so hard again and just kept thinking, "This is why I love old people."
And just to add to my story and for anyone who wants a pic- here is me at 28 weeks!