It's been too long since my last update! I wanted updating to be a pretty regular thing, but I have just been so swamped with work. I come home so incredibly drained, and I'll admit that it upsets me. It makes working such early hours seem not worth it. On the plus side, I am saving a lot of money in food because I pack a lunch. That's opposed to having to buy a dinner every night (because I never knew until 11pm when or if I will be working the next day - Thanks Pulse!). I'm sorry, but they make it too easy to point out shortcomings. Pulse, not LifeStar... LifeStar has been great so far.
Alright so tomorrow marks my first day of non-training at LifeStar Response. Should be a fun time, I miss being in an ambulance. Before training on Friday and Saturday I hadn't been in an ambulance for almost three weeks. That sucked. Now getting back to work does have its downside, mostly my early hours. It's nice to be done early and eat dinner with the family, but these are some wicked early hours. Here is my permanent schedule:
- Tuesday: 5am - 3pm
- Wednesday: 6am - 4pm
- Thursday: 7am - 7pm
- Friday: 6am - 4pm
Being able to have a three day weekend is great. I think it's worth having to work the early hours, but we shall see!
Now on a completely different note I watch this movie Last Dispatch. It's all about the band, Dispatch, mostly their last show and the events leading up to it. Definitely worth checking out as they are an extremely laid back band and that is heard through their music. Anyways, I posted my favorite song of theirs, "The General." Take a break, sit back, and give this tune a listen.
What do you do when you get a crush on someone?
Submitted by Desi.
I usually proceed to do everything in my power to absolutely destroy any chance that I may or may not have. It's usually pretty bad. Fun to watch. I know that much; I've been told so. The details tend to be pretty "gruesome," so I won't go into them. I'll spare you all the carnage.
I used to think they were. Turns out they really aren't. If it were up to me to decide I would say this, interviews do not solely reflect the character of the interviewee, but rather that of the interviewer's ability to bring out the "true" character of the interviewee. So it's pretty obvious that today I had a pretty lackluster interview experience. I'm not placing any blame anywhere, that was just my bit of social commentary for the day.
Speaking of social commentary, or just sociology in general. The movie "Feast of Love," is a great example. Well worth checking out.
Back to the interview. Like I said, the interview was, "eh." The position that interview was for was excellent though. It's a great way to gain supervisor/managerial experience while still being able to practice as an EMT. Huge bonus, pediatric patients! They are definitely way more fun than the old folks. No offense old folks, buy you are always pissed off, whereas kids are usually crying initially, but five minutes later they are smiling whilst sucking on a lollipop.
The position also allows me to on quite a few neat trips. The list that I was shown included trips to:
- Boston
- New York City (Broadway and Yankees Game)
- Ohio (Amusement Park tour through Pennsylvania)
- The Poconos
- Toronto/Niagra Falls
I'm out of practice with these Vox Hunt things. I think I'm out of practice with "blogging" in general. You should all give me some credit though; I've posted quite a few links, and several videos... only one song though. I'll work on that. Anyways, try to enjoy this super-cool Vox Hunt! Kidding, it's stupid.
Show us what you're working on right now.
Submitted by yygall.
There really isn't a whole lot to unpack, a lot of it is just staying in storage and I'll just plop that in my car and bring it back to school in August. Any words of motivation are much appreciated. I'll just recite the words, "I think I can," throughout the whole ordeal. That's bound to work.
Finally, I am seriously going to stop doing that dumb bold/italic pre-entry briefing. It's worthless, and that bothers me.
So I'm back in New Jersey living with the family, "home" if you will. Can't say I'm in love with the situation, but what are you going to do? I left State College around 5:30 this morning got in to Wyckoff at around 8:30, three hours is not bad at all. No stupid truck drivers on I-80. There was quite a bit of fog, and some deer. Either way, not that bad.
I suppose it's really nice to be finished with final exams. They were brutal this semester, and I have no real idea as to why. Again, just great to be finished.
I'm super tired. I didn't unpack anything. I did one single productive thing today and that required very little effort on my part. I ordered a watch, work pants for the summer, and a new belt for those pants. Pathetic.
I think I'm going to hit the hay now. G'night.
I needed to start up the whole blog thing again. Life is pretty bland without somewhere to write my lame jokes, tell my boring stories, and just vent. At this point in time I should really be studying for my management final, which goes off at 9:45AM tomorrow. I think I'm allowed a study break, so this is it.
