Today was day 1 of orientation at my new service. I am very happy i made this change, I know there will be a hit when it comes to money, and I know my schedule is going to be messed up for awhile, but today I laughed more than I have in years, I smiled, Read More…
Author: Chris
Well here we go.
t-minus 24 hours until I am done with being a User Experience Architect, 4 days from now I will be back working as a Paramedic. There are a lot of folks who might think me odd for all of the blogging I have done recently leading up to this, but to be honest it was Read More…
7 calendar days, 5 working days
last week here at the web job, hopefully the last time for a while I will have to wear business casual. I still do not have uniforms, I will be calling today to ask why not, i want to have a chance to get them, wash them, and make sure everything fits, is that so Read More…
11 days, so short my feet dangle
I am 11 days out from returning to EMS full time. Today I met with my current boss, we went through what is only plate, I went over where things could be found after I left, and made some suggestions for my replacement. Right now I am waiting on my uniforms to get done, planning Read More…
Being filmed, or lights camera lawsuit
In todays world we hear a lot about police officers wearing body cameras, the thinking around this is that it helps to deal with complaints of excessive force and also in evidence gathering. I think this logic is quite sound in reality, its awfully hard to dispute a camera, both as an officer but also Read More…
spinning my wheels
If you have been a reader of this blog over the last few weeks you might have noticed.. I’m spinning my wheels, I really have nothing to say beyond the mundane things that are happening, and I have been blogging about them. Sorry, but I am actually getting myself into he habit of blogging everyday, Read More…
Stuff
Eventually I will turn this blog into one of those smart and insightful EMS blogs that people quote from and steel ideas from, but that isn’t going to be today. Today, I went to the Southern job to train some folks on Emergency Vehicle operations, I have scheduled it for 6 hours, only went Read More…
Changing plans
Holding off to drop my letter off until Friday for a couple reasons. 1. I’m out tomorrow for OC health check up and a day off, quitting today could cause problems. 2. friday is still two weeks I’m reading my offer letter and its a little off putting, i will be spending 2 hours at Read More…
Well lets see what happens
Tomorrow I will be turning my letter of resignation into my boss. To say I am beyond nervous about this would be a gross understatement. Several things might happen, they could ask me to leave right then and there, this would suck, They could let me ride it out till the very end, which is Read More…
a busy week, and 21 days
I start my new adventure in 21 days, give or take, either way May 18th is about 3 weeks away and I am excited. This is fulfilling a goal I set for myself a very long time ago, that being to get onto a municipal service and sink into relative anonymity only venturing out when Read More…