3 months down...

Wow... We've gone through 3 months of this year all ready. It seems like it should still be January to me. Time is just FLYING by.

I am still losing weight... not sure what I weigh, but the pants are looser and looser all the time. Had to go get a new duty belt today, as I was running out of holes (going in, not out!) in my current one. Donated my big belt, that was way too big now. I even tried on some EMS pants today. They fit, but a few pounds, and they will fit WELL. The pic to the left was taken about 10 pounds heavier ago, at the beginning of March. Still need to get rid of the stuff around the middle...

I am getting ready for the ESF-8 Training Summit (formerly known as the NDMS Conference/Training Summit). I fly out on April 3rd to Dallas, TX. Haven't been there since, oh, September (Hurricane Ike deployment)! Dallas is a beautiful city. I will come back on the 8th, and then work opening day for the Rivercats. Not sure if I am going to my day job that day or not. We'll see (probably will!).

Working EMS is a blessing to me. I love doing it. More than any other job I have EVER had. That's why I got back into it, even though the pay isn't quite there for survivability (Thus, why I work for the State during the day). I see people when they are having a bad day... and hopefully help make it better for them.

Speaking of which, I ran into one of my patients at an event recently. He had sustained life-threatening injuries last year at that same event. Injuries that we found out were even worse than we had observed, and later had been told. He was back doing what he had been doing that day, taking photos at the event. Only this time, he was walking, and not on a bike. I don't get a huge amount of feedback on my patients normally. His was and still is the exception. He is well known in the biking community. But to be able to talk with him at length was really, really nice. He isn't 100%, and may not ever be, but I like to think we gave him a chance to get there.