Knowing that I worked at 10 P.M. tonight caused me to decide to stay awake a bit longer than I should have this morning, normally I get the wife and child off to work and school and pretty much go right to bed. Today I stayed up till about 9:30 and went to sleep, only Read More…
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Day 2 of DDp Yoga and My Monday
Today was day 2 of my yoga adventure, wasn’t to bad, although i think that i will be skipping Chair Warrior 2 in the future, its has a lot of lunges and the like and those are rather tough on my left hip, although I secretly hope that it pops my hip back in, watching Read More…
Getting things together, a little update
So this weekend was a rough one for me, post reduction attempt i have increased leg and lower back pain, I had to cut out of work early on Friday night, much to the irritation of my co workers no doubt. Sunday I took Little ZM to the range so we could try to dial Read More…
A set back day
Well as sometimes happens today was a bit of a set back day, my hip is having more pain flair ups today, I didn’t sleep much and I have burned all of my proverbial spoons (look up spoon theory) anyhow, didn’t get my DDp Yoga workout in today as planned, honestly I am in just Read More…
I hate working overnights
I started working ems in 1994, come this September it will be 23 years of long shifts, lukewarm food, and lousy sleeping accommodations. the realization I have had is I hate working overnights, I don’t really care about shift differentials, or more freedom because of less management etc, I want to sleep in my bed, Read More…
The hip reduction that wasn’t
Well its Thursday, after working from 6 pm Wednesday to 4 am, zipping home showering and getting myself all ready. I.V. starts, and a lot of drugs they drained 100cc of fluid from my hematoma and failed to reduce my hip dislocation. The bastards briefly tricked me when I woke up in recovery wearing my Read More…
Dispatch and Gearing Up For My Reduction On Thursday.
One of the best parts about working in the Emergency Services field is that there are several options you can go into when your time on the streets is done or if you cant work the streets for an extended period of time. I went into dispatch in November of 2016, to be honest its Read More…
Pin Up, Deadly Schoolgirl
For years I have been an admirer of the pin up genre, I have a sizable collection of pin up books and collect reproductions of nose art from WW2 bombers. in 2011 after some fearful thinking and getting the nudge I needed I decided to start shooting my own pin up work, images that I Read More…
The continuing adventures of the Zombie Medic
Well today I did the classroom portion of my permit to carry class. In the state of Minnesota our permits to carry are good for 5 years and then you need to take a class to renew it and pay a fee etc. It was taught be a gentleman I went to Paramedic school with Read More…
The healing process and a new start.
many of you followed my journey from going back to EMS from being a web designer in 2015. As many of you know that journey got side tracked with the return of my pelvic cancer in 2016. A little update and where I am going from here. so on June 27th 2016 i went in for Read More…