Leeches!

The sky is blue today! I cannot believe it! It was blue for most of the day yesterday too, but two days in a row? What an honor for the sun to have graced us with its presence. Probably the 3rd day of it since we got back.

It's Friday. Finally. And I sure am glad.

The other day in my etymology class, I learned something (well, a large number of things) interesting about word histories. The word "leech" used to refer to doctors, and what we now know as leeches are only dubbed so because doctors would use them in their practice of "medicine" (if you could call it that). I have a haiku about this.

Though leech may not mean
Doctor, that doesn't mean that
Doctors aren't leeches


Really, have you been to a doctor's office lately? It's insurance this, copay that. You get scheduled for the same time as 6 other patients, your doctor ends up being an hour late and then spends five minutes with you. They really are leeches, trying to suck the money out of you and as many other patients as possible with as little effort as possible. Of course, not all doctors are leeches. It varies from office to office, and profession to profession. For instance, in a pediatrician's office, they most likely won't be time leeches because that's exactly what the kids want to happen (and we can't have that). On the other hand, in a primary care office they'll use all sorts of tricks such as misdirection to make your appointment as short as possible ("hey, look a bear!" the doctor then runs out of the room). And then there are doctors who I'm pretty sure are actual leeches, considering the sheer amount of blood they take.