well monkey trumpets

well here we go again.. this time its bigger, not badder, its mostly all benign cartilage tumor.. but it still requires them to cut out a chunk of my pelvis and try to rebuild with someone elses body parts. sigh. long road ahead of me and I’m still kinda messed up but here we go Read More…

5 months in

I started here at the metro service in May, to say that I am still happy to be here is an understatement. I am rapidly getting to the end of my probationary period here, and it feels like I haven’t really been on probation at all. yes there is a lot to learn, yes its Read More…

The Tribe

i have been working downtown for two months now, I have learned a great deal. It’s no secret that we deal with a large number of homeless people, more often than not we get called to wake them up when they have fallen asleep in various unapproved places.  The calls usually end up with the Read More…

The continuing adventures.

well today marked the last day of consecutive classroom training for my new services orientation.  Tomorrow we will be driving around the service area, and then Sunday I start my shift work. This whole week has been all about personal responsibility, which in and of itself was pretty good. the upcoming weeks will be full Read More…

one week down

its been a long week… a full week of orientation and an even fuller one next week. The thing about being a new medic when your already and old one is, remembering you are a new medic again, just this time without all the fear of what will happen when your patient dies.  The new Read More…

Today I laughed again

Its a terrible thing to say, its worse to actually mean it. Today I laughed, a lot, I told jokes, was teased, and schemed, and it was OK.  Today my peers once again re-enforced in me that I am where I need to be. My wife asked me tonight if everything was better, and I Read More…

The day has come..

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…

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…