Minnesota has decided that it wants to bring winter back, our 50 and 60 degree days are a memory. Today we awoke to single digits and the promise of about 4 inches of snow tonight and into tomorrow morning. Our family friend Sarah and her room mate who I will call Sarah 2, attended a permit to Read More…
Category: Life Outside
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…
fighting, the future, and resorting to dirty tricks
it occurred to me a long time ago that once I am in one solid piece again I will have to explore just what I can and can’t do in the realm of personal protection both in real life but also on the stage. for years I have always been considered a ground fighter, i Read More…
Shooting while handicapped
For over 30 years I have been an avid shooter of everything from slingshots to automatic weapons, I learned to shoot from my step father, and later from multiple classes and courses of fire provided by various government and civilian training centers. These learning opportunities taught me how to shoot standing, sitting, lying down, upside Read More…
Advice on being an old medic in a new world
So here I am, a week into my new service, and already I’m over thinking. Advice for those seasoned EMS professionals on starting brand new at a service. 1. Remember no one knows you here, you may have friends who have shared adventures with you, but by and large you are just another probie, and 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…
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…
24 days
Had a thought this morning that since I am blogging about a lot of EMS related things here in the twin cities area, it’s probably a bad idea to name the services I work for, so for now until whenever it’s safe I will refer to my full time agency only by the full time Read More…
Uniforms
Today my day opened up by a fare margin, so I was able to make the trek up to Aspen Mills for uniforms went in, The new service pays for everything, I got new boots (always nice to have extra boots) belts, and a whole bunch of other things that I will get in a few Read More…