some day i will get to leave this ungodly heat and humidity. I know it is just the beginning of this weather, too. It will get worse before it gets better. It is only 40% humidity and i'm dying. I really really am!
Ummm lets see what have I been up to? I passed my EMT registry test so now I am officially an EMT-Basic. Yipee... I almost got to show off my life saving skills because a small child was choking on some cantelope at an IHOP but he worked it out before I had to swoop in as a superman. I think more people should know what to do in case of a choking child. Actually I think all people who are expecting a child need to take a CPR class before the child is born. But where does the money come for that? But thank goodness the little one was okay, and the food at IHOP is good. We don't have those in Alaska. We don't have sonic either, and well, their mozzarella sticks are awesome! Yeah more fast food places should offer those on their menu. Not to mention all the frozen yummy stuff. Yeah, needless to say I gained weight when the kids came to visit. Oh yeah, I probably haven't mentioned that. The kids came down to see me for 10 whole days. We saw all kinds of cool storms while they were here. One went on for hours and we were under a tornado watch. We go on lock down when there is lightening within 5 nautical miles so at one time they were there, 5 steps from the door, I was outside ready to get in, but NOOOOO, i was forced back inside... but they let off the lockdown for 5 minutes until there was more lightening right up above me, i was already outside, thanks to a wingman of mine. Being in a leadership position everyone gets to hear about my kids, pretty much every time i open my mouth so the females in my hallway were all sad to see me come back inside the first time.... but they sprung me out in that narrow window of time and I am very greatful to them for making it happen. It was awesome to hang out with my kids watching a crazy active storm through the hotel windows with them!
I got to draw blood from my instructor the other day, it was a demo for the lab we were doing, on blood draws. I got to show off a bit, and that was cool.
Oh yeah, I started talking about the weather from here in texas.... yeah well I bet buloxi is just as bad if not worse, in the weather department.... and that is where I'm going next.
there is a small outbreak of a virus coming from basic training that has made it way to us. We are all using hand sanitizer and washing and lysoling and bleach wiping everything we can to try to prevent the spread. some of the "infected" people are on quarantine where they can't leave their rooms, their roommates have been ordered to move to new rooms and such. If we have sore throats we have to go to the clinic and get checked out... apparantly there is an individual that is still in basic training status in critical condition because of it. My heart goes out to his family ( i think it is a male airman) because those of us who have been there, we don't go to sick call unless you want out, or the ambulance took you there because there was no avoiding it. At the same time the only thing on your mind is get through it as fast as possible no matter what. Blisters, colds, flus, ankle sprains, and any other maladies that commonly strike are ignored and sometimes they get better sometimes they get worse, sometimes you can stick it out until you get to tech school and get it taken care of then. This virus isn't something to play around with.
As for my running, im ashamed to say i haven't done much outside of mandatory physical training.
Honestly i could make time for it, I really should. I think i am going to. But I cannot run outside in this freaking heat. I just can't.
Dorkness OUT!
