芬芳巧克力

今天下午睡醒了，晚上終於不用上班了，覺得有大把的時間可以揮霍，心情不由大好。

小雨剛停，濕漉漉的空氣，水靈靈的樹葉，讓人覺得非常滋潤。沿著小河散步，一隻鸕鶿一動不動地站在河中央的石頭上，默然地看著鴨子們成群結隊，熱熱鬧鬧地走過。一排大雁從頭上掠過，秋天，快要來了。

忽然發現了一個很小的木屋子，說是bakery，不由得覺得饑腸轆轆，推門進去，一股甜香撲麵而來。小屋裏一半是買新鮮的麵包曲奇甜圈圈，另一半，是巧克力的天堂。

各種各樣顏色的圓滾滾的truffle巧克力球排著隊伍，分外誘人。邊上還有各種各樣的禮盒，可以自己選擇組合，然後裝進漂亮的盒子，作為一份最甜蜜的禮物。短短的一條櫃台，琳琅滿目，讓人流連忘返。小店裏還賣咖啡豆，角落裏有古色古香的長桌和長椅周到地放供客人品嚐的特色咖啡。挑完巧克力，外麵又下雨了，我就坐下來，倒了咖啡慢慢地喝著。

店是一對母女開的，女兒長得非常好看，金色的頭發整整齊齊梳在腦後，她告訴我她在當地大學讀統計，課餘過來幫助母親。母親也是清爽麻利的樣子，讓人想起朱麗葉比諾什的電影“巧克力”裏麵的母女。

我很喜歡吃巧克力，特別是忙碌，心情不好，天氣寒冷的時候，各種口味的巧克力，給我帶來不同的快樂。女人對於巧克力，似乎天生有種精神上的眷戀。曾經夢想死了以後，能夠把骨灰裝進曾經裝過巧克力的木盒子裏，從此永遠沐浴著巧克力的芬芳。

雨停了，咖啡也快喝完了，我站起來跟母女道別。關門的時候，門鈴叮叮當當響得很清脆，和口齒中咖啡的餘香一起，回味無窮。

[落花飄零]

謝謝大家！希望大家都開心。

[靜靜的小河]

Hi,

Happy Birthday to you! I wish you a wonderful B-day!

[粉妝玉琢的玉米]

落花，Happy birthday!祝你在二十九歲的這一年裏，一切都好，一切都順，一切都好，一切都順......

[繁星流動]

星期天到了。生日快樂！！
Enjoy your every wonderful day!!!

[Angelboy]

wuximm, thank you very much for the inside info, they certainly help outsiders understand ER system in the US.

Luohua, wish you and everyone here have a peaceful Labor Day weekend

[落花飄零]

謝謝WUXIMM詳盡的解釋，我就不畫蛇添足了。

朱珠爾，巧克力早就在我肚子裏了，嘿嘿。

瘋狂的華爾茲，我是星期天生日，嗬嗬，不過還是謝謝你了。:D

[瘋狂的華爾茲]

今天應該是你的生日吧？不知道是否是今天第一個祝福你生日快樂的人，嗬嗬~
祝你一天心情都快樂！

[wyximm]

To Angelboy: anyone comes through ER, they will see triage nurse first, according to the urgency, divided to 1. shock room, there is no waiting time for those going to shock room, usually are true emergency, such as pt's vital signs are not stable, Asthma attack, heart attack or Gun shot wound, overdose,etc. Sometime, when ambulance is on the way to hospital, doctors and nurses are notified ahead of time, "46yr pt suffered roll over car accident and CPR in progress, 5 minutes away from hospital...", all personnel will stand-by in the shock room waiting for pt's arrival. 2. Check room, for those less life threatenning situations, such as: chest pain, fever, HTN urgency, lacerations,seizure etc. more stable pts. 3. urgent care, non life threatening situations, such as cough, cold, urinary tract infection, emergency contraceptice, STD, etc. So, most pts are not true emergence, they will have to wait for a while, usually there are only 1-3 physicians working in ER depending on how big the hospital is. Everyone should have a PCP, their pages are on 24/7, you should talk to your PCP first, then decide if you need to go to ER or f/u in clinic next day. It is very important that you establish the relationship with a PCP by doing yearly check up so forth, so you know who to call when you need help. Another point, in this country, ER are abused by a lots of non-insured pts, drug seekers, etc, it is a very complicated place.

[朱珠爾]

落花沒有買巧克力吃？

[Angelboy]

落花醫生有空的時候，能不能介紹一下ER病人接受治療的先後問題，也就是說，有無一個具體的打分或評估指標來決定每一個自己走進或救護車拉來病人的等待時間。經常聽到投訴，國內來北美的，尤其新來的都有感覺，不舒服能挺就挺一下，實在受不了，才看急診，但往往等待數小時才見到醫生，也許幾分鍾就給打發了，挺惱火的，覺得還不如國內的急診服務。在此代大家先謝拉。

[princessannie]

照片也拍得好, 讓人感覺象是老鼠掉進了米缸.

[potterybarn]

好誘人的巧克力！比利時的巧克力truffle這也是我的soul food，就是不大容易買到正宗的.

[feifeibei]

我小時候很喜歡吃巧克力的，於是吃了很多，尤其是所謂的酒心巧克力。然後就吃傷了。現在是看見巧克力味的東西就躲。少了一樣愛吃的東西，不過也少了一種可能發胖的途徑。扯平了，嗬嗬。

[tabby]

看了你的文章我趕快去拿了顆巧克力吃。:-）

[從A到Z]

聞著巧克力味就過來了我，很浪漫的文章。巧克力多香啊，對有些怕胖不敢吃的女孩子真是遺憾。情人節可以沒有玫瑰，一定要有巧克力