Picture day

This is it. The last day of calm before the flurry of work, ambulance shifts and more work. Packed in throughout will also have to be studying for a class 4 license and the ensuing tests involved. Also, the application for paramedic license testing, and month worth of studying that will be involved in getting ready for that exam. Oh, lets not forget the Christmas season creeping up on us too (It's almost November!)
Let the calm begin...after we finish getting 4 kids ready for school and school picture day, and drop them off at said school*.


*yes, we still homeschool. The school that we are registered with has a resource class on Fridays, and they are doing picture day today. Hoo-ray!

question time

Hey Internet world, I was just wondering. Is it weird to order a pair of glasses with no prescription, just to have a cool pair of glasses? How about when it is a special offer that clearly contacts has, and the glasses are free? Does that take the weird factor down at all?

And how is it that for two weeks in a row, we missed garbage day?!?

turkey surfing

I was just doing a bit of surfing while I cook up the turkey bones in to some stock (which there is much debate on whether it will turn out or not, because it is my first time trying it and I didn't do any research on the subject). Anyhow, this link here is a good example of what Vanessa and I have had quite a few discussions about in regards to how we live our life. So, check it out and have a read, it will only take you a couple of minutes.

Turkey Day Off

I have been anxiously awaiting my next shifts on the ambulance. It's been almost 2 weeks though, and nothing new scheduled. Hopefully I can get something scheduled this week for next, and be done with it. That would mean that I have to get my application ready for my license, get my application ready for BCAS for when I get my license, and get my class 4 so I can drive the bus. That is the one thing that I will not be allowed to do on my practicum shifts, is drive the bus. I am pretty excited for the day I get to, when I can flip the lights and sirens on and scream down the road. (I actually started smiling at that thought)

We had thanksgiving dinner here at our house last night, and I think it went pretty well. We had a total of 17 people here, cause #18 was home sick. I dropped some food off for him, then came home to the madhouse. It actually went pretty smooth, everyone brought something tasty to eat so the work was spread out a bit. We moved a couch out to the carport, a chair in the back yard, and left the kids in the kitchen to eat while the adults filled the living room. It was a night full of learning too, as we all learned that when you cook a turkey "upside down" (the breast down instead of the top), the white meat stays very moist. Totally intentional on my part...yeah...

Today we have a mound of turkey in the fridge, and a full day off of work and school for everyone. Not sure what to do with either of those things, but will hopefully figure it out soon.

Sept-ober?

whoa! what happened to September? It seems that it has run away from me and left me holding nothing but October. Not that I have a big issue with October. It is usually decent to me, and the changing color of the leaves on the trees that accompanies it is quite pretty. It's just that September and I seemed to be getting along pretty well this year, with the sun and the warm and all that. Next thing you know, I blinked, and September was gone.

8 of 12 Practicum shifts are done now. I have still yet to be allowed to ride up in the front of the ambulance, I am excited for the day that I get hired and don't have to bounce around in the back every single time we drive somewhere. It is pretty exciting though, and although most of the calls that I have attended so far have not been emergencies, the couple that actually were emergencies were pretty neat to be a part of. I don't know how it will feel without the safety net of the preceptor there backing me up if I need them or miss something, but since I have 4 more shifts to practice with one there I won't worry about that yet.