Things are slowly getting back to normal after last week's debacle. I would like to thank all of my LJ friends for their kind words and support.

I did CPR on a 24-year-old firefighter tonight. He died.

I am one day into my three-day weekend and I actually got some things accomplished today. Well, just two actually, but that's not bad for a Friday. Since I've been working four 10-hour days, Fridays have been pretty much wasted doing nothing. I guess I figure I still have a regular two-day weekend afterwards. But today I went to Trader Joe's and ( Read more... )

"You have to have thick skin to work here." A very true quote today from one of my coworkers. We call him Hair-Pie. I think you also have to have thick skin when your nickname is "Hair-Pie."

...until you catch your pants on fire while perched a few stories off the ground. I highly recommend it. Ok, not really.

I'm mildly surprised that it's only been since October that I've posted in lj. Of course, my last post was just Scattergories, so that doesn't really count. Since then however, I've changed career paths once again; from Contractor Services at Home Depot to being an iron worker for Industrial Service Enterprises. I like the new job and the new pay ( Read more... )

stolen from alannabearSCATTERGORIES...it's harder than it looks! Copy and paste into a new ( Read more... )

I got up at 4:30 this morning to watch the first match of the US Women's National Team in the 2007 World Cup in China. Even though my game was predictably interrupted by a fire alarm activation during the second half,(thank you Mrs. Gaddis) it was a good match. The US women came back to tie the North Koreans and held on for a 2-2 draw and one point ( Read more... )

Tonight was awesome in a very boyhood dream-type way. After bowling in Manville, a couple of firemen friends and I went to Applebee's for a drink or two. While imbibing, we happened upon a gentleman who just by chance played baseball for the hometown Somerset Patriots. Since we were pretty much the only ones in the place by then, we agreed to have ( Read more... )

I like the rain. There is something comforting about it to me. It is especially enjoyable when it makes a summer day cooler or a winter day warmer.