Yes, it has been awhile since I have written in this journal, and to tell you the truth I do not even know where to begin ( Read more... )

Think about this... You may not realize it, but it's 100% true ( Read more... )

Last night was one of those dont ask dont tell nights, but I am going to tell anyhow. There was not much going on the first part of my shift. Then all of a sudden in a half hour, I cleared all 5 of the Duluth houses, and Two Harbors within a half hour. The guys were plotting over the radio what they were going to do with me once they got back. ( Read more... )

What a past few days it has been. They have been fun, they have been bad, they have been interesting ( Read more... )

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person ( Read more... )

Truth about us ( Read more... )

I am back and feel refreshed, despite the time difference that I am feeling today, but that is okay. For those of you that do not know, I speant the past 4 days out in northern California, with a friend of mine. It was the first time that I traveled alone, and it was the first time for me in California. I had the best of time, and I owe it all ( Read more... )

All I have to say is the 6 hours that I worked this morning, thank God there is plexi-glass surrounding the dispatch booth and we can lock the door inside. In the whole 6 hours that I worked I managed to clear the entire house 5 times, had not even logged into the terminal and a 5 alarm fire was coming in over the radio. It was great. My own ( Read more... )

There are days I wonder what my actual purpose is. I mean I know that I am here for a reason, it is what that reason is, I have no clue. All I do is work at times, I do go out with friends and have a good time, but I would really like to know what my purpose is. I feel so helpless at times, like I can do nothing right, and then there are times, ( Read more... )

There are hardly words to describe these past few days. I feel like they have all blurred together, work keeps calling, and calling and calling. There are only so many hours in a day, and so many hours in a week but people just dont seem to care. I have worked all 3 jobs continously. And with dispatch they are 18 hours shifts right there. I ( Read more... )