Work on Sunday-Cold, slow, keeping myself busy studying for the hypothermia lecture I have to give Wed. Miss spending Sunday with the family, remind me not to trade my shift for a Sunday again. One Sunday every third week is enough. Maybe I'll make a Christmas list!
Later

so, boredom is what usually brings me back to live journal. i really have nothing exciting to talk about, but then I guess this is good, because it means life is flowing well. had fun celebrating todd's 42nd birthday . we missed you at dinner miss abby. took my protocol test and found it to be pretty easy (after 8 years in this job, with a few ( Read more... )

All be careful out there, the helicopters are busy and the fatality #'s are rising for the holiday weekend (my partner has seen 5 fatalities in the past 2 days). So be safe and have a great Memorial Day weekend. From your friend in the sky...
Later

Had one flight yesterday eve, since I came in an hour early. Did some scud running to get back to WC from MVH. Pulled copter in, and made our beds. This morning we can barely see the trees at the road ( Read more... )

Done with the orientee. Twas fun, but a lot of work and talking. I am not a big talker. I was lucky she was a dream to teach, a-go-getter. She will be testing out this Friday ( Read more... )

Has been a while since I have journaled. Work is steady, about 100 flight suites wondering around the hospital these days (seems like). Had a nursing council meeting. The hospital does some really stupid things sometimes, but this one takes the cake. To fill you in a little, they create these scripts the nurses are supposed to use when dealing ( Read more... )

I find it funny that I did not like my educator position in CareFlight, but love to teach. I guess the one-on-one thing works better for me, and I usually end up with people who are pretty awesome to orient. Being in charge of the whole process is a pain. I am way to anal to let things go, and trust they will be done! One of my defects. So I ( Read more... )

Well, I guess I did it, or at least Todd thinks so. I was whining about the warm, dry weather that was not common for April. April showers bring May flowers. It was way to hot flying already (with helmet and no AC in the aircraft), and I wanted the cooler spring weather back. Sorry all ( Read more... )

Went to Andrew's track meet with my Dad. Brought back a lot of memories when I ran track and high jump. They are hard to sit through as a parent, but sure were fun as a kid. I don't think my parents came to all of mine, but I know they came to the big ones. Andrew came in second in the high jump, I think, I forget how they score it when the ( Read more... )

My orientee is here, she is actually funny, has a photographic memory, and will be pretty easy to orient. She hates nights too, so she is all over the night schedule at WC. This group class orientation however, is not leaving us much time to get our work done. It will be interesting to see if I can get her off orientation in 8 weeks. (She just ( Read more... )