I suppose I'm not a consistent person... obviously, since I can never post regularly. ;) I have been doing a lot lately. Mostly work and going home, but I find it extremely difficult to post while at home. It takes time away that I could be spending with my family. Oh, and the base I've been working at the last few weeks doesn't have wireless internet, so unfortunately I've been unable to use my laptop.
The most exciting news is that Nate and I are leaving for Florida on Thursday. Woohoo! I'm excited! :) So, I'll try to post either during or after the trip and maybe even get some pictures up. Which would be really cool since I never do that. ;) Not sure all that we'll be doing, but I guarantee it's going to be a blast. We're planning to leave Thursday around 4 in the morning. Haha, we're gonna be so bright and cheerful! ;) I told Nate I would take the first part of the driving so he can sleep some. I might talk too much though, and he won't be able to. ;) Just kidding, Nate! I won't do that to you. :)
Oh! Another exciting piece of news is that I'm moving out of Elisabeth and Patrick's house (right after I get home from our trip) and will be moving in with 3 other girls. =) I've only met two of the girls, but from what I know of them already it's going to I do know that two of the girls are going to be RN's and the other one is going to be an occupational therapist. So, we're all in the medical field, which is really cool. AND, three of us have interests in missions. I'm totally excited about moving in with these girls. I think we'll have some really great times. =)
Work has been going well. I've been trying to pick up as much overtime as possible and so August is going to be a really busy month. The week after I get home from Florida, I'll be working 80 hours. The paycheck is always nice, but I'm sure I'll feel like I've gone crazy that week. I'll make it through and hopefully still have a smile on my face. :) Might be a sleepy smile... ;)
Today, I'm on a 24 and very much looking forward to tomorrow when I get off. To be honest, we've run nothing but stupid calls all day. I really don't understand some of these people who call 911 when there's nothing we can do for them. Take this for instance (btw, this wasn't our call but I heard Joint dispatch it). You have a child choking and you're probably 5 minutes from the hospital. The child is conscious and breathing, but is complaining that something feels stuck in his throat. Instead of grabbing the child and driving him to the hospital. You decide to call 911. Dispatch gets all the information (lets say that takes a minute or two), then they dispatch the ambulance who's another minute or two getting to their truck and responding. By the time they arrive, it's probably been around 8-10 minutes. So, why exactly would you wait for us when you could be to the hospital way sooner than we could? Your child would probably love you a whole lot better too. ;)
So, my partner and I had a good laugh about this. We had brought a patient back to a hospital and the tech was going to help us move the patient from our cot to the bed. This was a larger patient and so my partner asked the tech if she would get us another hand. (Meaning, find another person to help). Tech says okay and starts looking around the room as if she were going to find an actual "hand" somewhere. My partner realized that she obviously didn't understand and so told her to find another "person" to help us. The tech understood this a lot better and went to find a real person to help. :) You may not think it funny, but my partner and I cracked up about it all the way back to the base. :)
Well, I'm going to run away now and take a nap...if possible. :)
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Happy and with little sleep, this is what I come up with... :)
Epic Failure! Hillary has failed, once again, to post regularly...but you already knew that. Those of you who continue to follow my blog, you're friends indeed! :) Ok, so I have been incredibly busy with work this week, but that doesn't really explain last week and so forth. I had planned on writing last night, but we were kept busy with calls till after midnight and by then I was exhausted enough that you probably wouldn't have understood a word I said. Actually, it probably would've been no different then some of the posts I have made in the past. ;)
This week I put in 62 hours and the last two days have not been easy. Sleep is wonderful, but this job doesn't always allow that. Sometimes I wonder why I enjoy my job so much... to always have a normal night and you just work days sounds pretty awesome at the moment. :) I most likely would hate it after awhile though, so I'm content with where I'm at. :)
So, Wednesday night I had 4 hours of sleep, which was great since I was working a 9 to 5 shift later that morning and knew I could make it till evening before getting a nap. Ha! That didn't happen... Through a series of events, I ended up working all evening and then working my normal scheduled night shift. And boy was it busy! We ran dumb calls all evening, but I still had fun. I was working with a great partner and we had fun giving each other hard times :) You wouldn't believe how much I get teased at work. I'm a great source of enjoyment.... don't ask me why. It's not like I'm crazy or anything! ;)
Yesterday, my partner asked if he could come to my wedding (Don't worry! I'm not getting married yet.... it was a, "if you get married someday"), because he wanted to approve of the guy I marry. Then he came up with a better idea and just decided that the guy would have to come to our base so they could approve of him. So yes, whoever I marry will probably have to go through a peer interview with the guys from work. ;) I thought it was sweet though just because the few guys that I really enjoy working with are old enough to be my dad and I guess feel they have to watch out for me :)
There's some things not great about my work, but overall, I feel very blessed that God has given me the privilege to work there and I can't imagine being happier at any other job. :)
I really should be sleeping as it's almost midnight and I only had 3 hours of sleep last night... I think my body is adjusting to little sleep though, and I'm not nearly as tired as I was this afternoon. lol, this afternoon I was falling asleep with Paige in my lap and she was playing games on my phone and saying: "Howie, wake up". :) We had some good times together....when I wasn't falling asleep. ;) I tried getting her to say "Hillary" and I wasn't very successful. She came up with Howiehair instead. :) lol, it's so cute when she says it and maybe I'll catch it on video one of these times and post it up. I love my nieces and the hilarious things they say :)
Tomorrow is going to be a great day! We have my sister's shower at 4 and then all of the girls are going out to Matt's Steakhouse for dinner. So exciting! :) The 3 little girls will be staying at home with Dad, Nathan, and John. lol, need to have a hidden camera for that! Hopefully, it goes smoothly for them and the girls don't drive them too insane. ;)
Well, it's late enough and I should get to bed... I didn't read back over what I wrote, so forgive any mess ups and rambling sentences :)
Enjoy your weekend everyone and have a great 4th of July! =)
This week I put in 62 hours and the last two days have not been easy. Sleep is wonderful, but this job doesn't always allow that. Sometimes I wonder why I enjoy my job so much... to always have a normal night and you just work days sounds pretty awesome at the moment. :) I most likely would hate it after awhile though, so I'm content with where I'm at. :)
So, Wednesday night I had 4 hours of sleep, which was great since I was working a 9 to 5 shift later that morning and knew I could make it till evening before getting a nap. Ha! That didn't happen... Through a series of events, I ended up working all evening and then working my normal scheduled night shift. And boy was it busy! We ran dumb calls all evening, but I still had fun. I was working with a great partner and we had fun giving each other hard times :) You wouldn't believe how much I get teased at work. I'm a great source of enjoyment.... don't ask me why. It's not like I'm crazy or anything! ;)
Yesterday, my partner asked if he could come to my wedding (Don't worry! I'm not getting married yet.... it was a, "if you get married someday"), because he wanted to approve of the guy I marry. Then he came up with a better idea and just decided that the guy would have to come to our base so they could approve of him. So yes, whoever I marry will probably have to go through a peer interview with the guys from work. ;) I thought it was sweet though just because the few guys that I really enjoy working with are old enough to be my dad and I guess feel they have to watch out for me :)
There's some things not great about my work, but overall, I feel very blessed that God has given me the privilege to work there and I can't imagine being happier at any other job. :)
I really should be sleeping as it's almost midnight and I only had 3 hours of sleep last night... I think my body is adjusting to little sleep though, and I'm not nearly as tired as I was this afternoon. lol, this afternoon I was falling asleep with Paige in my lap and she was playing games on my phone and saying: "Howie, wake up". :) We had some good times together....when I wasn't falling asleep. ;) I tried getting her to say "Hillary" and I wasn't very successful. She came up with Howiehair instead. :) lol, it's so cute when she says it and maybe I'll catch it on video one of these times and post it up. I love my nieces and the hilarious things they say :)
Tomorrow is going to be a great day! We have my sister's shower at 4 and then all of the girls are going out to Matt's Steakhouse for dinner. So exciting! :) The 3 little girls will be staying at home with Dad, Nathan, and John. lol, need to have a hidden camera for that! Hopefully, it goes smoothly for them and the girls don't drive them too insane. ;)
Well, it's late enough and I should get to bed... I didn't read back over what I wrote, so forgive any mess ups and rambling sentences :)
Enjoy your weekend everyone and have a great 4th of July! =)
Friday, June 17, 2011
The crazies that happen.....
Ok, so people are weird... and there's one in the ER that's a little odd. I was walking through and he gets all excited and starts saying 2.46 over and over again. Oh, and he was doing it with his fingers too...which made him look even weirder. I probably looked at him with the blankest stare and kept asking, "what?" It took awhile but as I was walking away, I realized he was talking about a drunk. Like I really care, dude! ;) Ok, so I've met weirder people, but he is somewhat of an odd cookie. :)
I'm almost finished with my last few hours of the week and I'm watching baseball................ wow, seriously? Actually, I just looked up and realized it was on. I'm not really a huge fan of baseball. I find it rather boring... but I find golf boring too, so maybe it's just me. ;-) lol
I worked a 24 hour shift on Wednesday and had a fairly decent day. 2 calls, 3 patients, all transported. Not bad really... During the morning part of our shift one of the cops came over to our base and asked if we would do a standby for them sometime after 9 that night. They were going to make an arrest and there was a possibility somebody could get shot. We got to our staging area at 9:30 and proceeded to wait about an hour. Talk about the most boring thing ever. So, it's probably around 10:30 that this creepy looking guy walks in front of the ambulance. And I of course thought: "Man, I wouldn't want to be out walking on the dark streets with him around." So, I'm watching him (mostly because there really wasn't anything else to watch), and see him walk into the parking lot across the street from us. Then out of nowhere 6 or so cops come pulling in. I thought for sure the creepo was actually the bad guy, but turns out he was just an undercover cop. Which is still pretty cool. He had me totally fooled. :) Anyway, their all standing around talking not seeming to pay any attention. Then you watch as the totally calm scene turns chaotic. One guy goes running down the street (he could really run...I was impressed ;), while the rest of the cops jump in the cars and go screeching to a couple houses down where a car had just pulled out of a driveway. Two people were arrested from the vehicle and another one taken from the house. It seriously was the coolest thing ever! We never see anything when we're staging for a call like that and usually just get told over the radio that we can leave. I wish I could've videotaped it as it was awesome to watch these guys work. :) That was my excitement for Wednesday. Not every day is like that though, and today's shift has been a little boring.
Well, I'm tired, my relief should be here eventually, so... I'm going to get off. :) I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
I'm almost finished with my last few hours of the week and I'm watching baseball................ wow, seriously? Actually, I just looked up and realized it was on. I'm not really a huge fan of baseball. I find it rather boring... but I find golf boring too, so maybe it's just me. ;-) lol
I worked a 24 hour shift on Wednesday and had a fairly decent day. 2 calls, 3 patients, all transported. Not bad really... During the morning part of our shift one of the cops came over to our base and asked if we would do a standby for them sometime after 9 that night. They were going to make an arrest and there was a possibility somebody could get shot. We got to our staging area at 9:30 and proceeded to wait about an hour. Talk about the most boring thing ever. So, it's probably around 10:30 that this creepy looking guy walks in front of the ambulance. And I of course thought: "Man, I wouldn't want to be out walking on the dark streets with him around." So, I'm watching him (mostly because there really wasn't anything else to watch), and see him walk into the parking lot across the street from us. Then out of nowhere 6 or so cops come pulling in. I thought for sure the creepo was actually the bad guy, but turns out he was just an undercover cop. Which is still pretty cool. He had me totally fooled. :) Anyway, their all standing around talking not seeming to pay any attention. Then you watch as the totally calm scene turns chaotic. One guy goes running down the street (he could really run...I was impressed ;), while the rest of the cops jump in the cars and go screeching to a couple houses down where a car had just pulled out of a driveway. Two people were arrested from the vehicle and another one taken from the house. It seriously was the coolest thing ever! We never see anything when we're staging for a call like that and usually just get told over the radio that we can leave. I wish I could've videotaped it as it was awesome to watch these guys work. :) That was my excitement for Wednesday. Not every day is like that though, and today's shift has been a little boring.
Well, I'm tired, my relief should be here eventually, so... I'm going to get off. :) I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Monday, June 13, 2011
We finished!
Before our run... it's still early in the morning. I'm not sure how awake I was then. :)
Well, I'm still alive even though it took me over a week to post after the race. :) I had post race syndrome cause I missed it so much... it was a very emotional time for me. Lots and lots of crying...... lol! ok, so totally lied there. =D I was extremely happy and relieved to be done with the race. Talk about a difficult race! I again thought I wasn't going to make it. I did about the same time as last year, maybe even a couple seconds slower, so I was a little bummed about that. I did feel really sick after the race. I think most of it was due to my heart rate staying too high and not coming down quick enough. After I started to feel a little better we got pictures and walked back to our hotel. lol, that was a long walk... at least for me anyway. My hip was sore and I was starting to feel stiff. I called myself the 80 y/o lady. :) It was a good weekend though, and I loved just spending time with my mom, sisters, and nieces. :)
Over 7600 people were running that day... that's a lot!
Getting ready to cross the line! Talk about a total relief to see the finish line up ahead. :)
And Hannah makes it too! The girls didn't see mom cross and so never got a picture of her.
We did it and we're still able to smile! ;)
Our medals!
Walking back to the hotel... I can't believe Hannah was able to push the stroller with the girls. I was still feeling somewhat dead. :)
Getting ready to leave the hotel! We look pretty good, wouldn't you say? ;)
There has been talk of a November race that we may do... but nothing's definite yet. No hills and cold. That's one incentive to do it. :)
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Race weekend! :)
Wow, has it really been almost a month since I posted last?! What a failure, right? At least I'm posting now though :) Work has been good as always and nothing really new about that. Kayla came up to spend the week with me and we had an awesome time! I wish she could just move up to Columbia and go to school there. :) We could have fun times whenever we wanted, Kayla! :D We explored new areas, stuffed ourselves with food, tried on ridiculous dresses, laughed a ton, and had some really good talks while walking around. I still had to work my 40 hours and it was a bummer when Kayla was unable to ride along with me. She would've really loved it and I'm sure not been grossed out by anything. :)
So, our big race is Saturday at 7 am. Starting to be a little freaked out about it, but also really excited! It'll be like a mini vacation :D Mom, Hannah, and I are all running the race and we're really hoping it's not as hot as they say it's going to be. Kayla and Adalie are coming along too to watch Abigail and Bethany while the race is going on and so it's gonna be an awesome time! Ok, so the more I talk about it the more excited I get. lol, as long as I don't think too much about the race then I do okay. :) Last year's goal was to make it to the end. This year, it's make it to the end and try to improve my time. Pretty sure I'll just be happy to cross the finish line though. :)
Anyway, I think I'm gonna get ready for bed. :) I only had 3 hours of sleep last night and it'll be an early morning tomorrow. G'night all, and Lord willing, I'll post after our race. :)
So, our big race is Saturday at 7 am. Starting to be a little freaked out about it, but also really excited! It'll be like a mini vacation :D Mom, Hannah, and I are all running the race and we're really hoping it's not as hot as they say it's going to be. Kayla and Adalie are coming along too to watch Abigail and Bethany while the race is going on and so it's gonna be an awesome time! Ok, so the more I talk about it the more excited I get. lol, as long as I don't think too much about the race then I do okay. :) Last year's goal was to make it to the end. This year, it's make it to the end and try to improve my time. Pretty sure I'll just be happy to cross the finish line though. :)
Anyway, I think I'm gonna get ready for bed. :) I only had 3 hours of sleep last night and it'll be an early morning tomorrow. G'night all, and Lord willing, I'll post after our race. :)
Saturday, May 7, 2011
So, I've not really been that busy but I've just failed to post. How's that for an excuse? More like a confession.... ;)
Well, work has been pretty awesome lately. I really like working a 24, with either two 8 hour shifts or a 16. Gives me so much free time. :) I've recently been trained to do some of the office work so the lady who does it can leave on vacation. She was gone two days a couple weeks ago and I think I did okay without her. The only bad thing with office work is when you run out of stuff to do then you're completely bored. It helps that I'm at the base and those working usually come in and talk to me. ;) lol, during one of the days, I was officially introduced to the Angry Birds app for my phone. Apparently, it's the coolest thing and everyone was shocked that I hadn't played it. I joked that when our boss got into work we should all sit in a circle on the floor playing angry birds. He would've probably gotten a kick out of it... and then of course told us to get back to work. ;) Sad news is, that he's leaving us. :( By June, we will have a new boss. I'm not totally psyched about it... He has been one of the best people ever to work for. He's able to joke and have fun, but then to also be strict and make sure things get done. He always stands up for us when anything goes wrong. He makes the perfect manager for our base and I'll be really sad to see him go.
I've not had any major calls lately... maybe that'll change. :) This week I worked all nights. Yuck! I really hate working nights. Mostly because I hate sleeping during the day. It was so weird to come home at after 7 and then sleep the rest of the morning...really not used to that and don't want to make it a habit.
Oh, we had a funny call the other night. :) This guy decided to run from the cops and ended up being tased and handcuffed. We got on scene and it's obvious the guy is drunk and on some sort of drugs. Okay, that's not the funny part, the funny part is when the guy starts singing. lol :) First, he sings about Jesus, then he switches to a love song and the cop joins in. I think all 12 sheriffs and I were laughing. It may not sound that funny, but believe me, you would've been laughing or at least had a big grin on your face if you'd been in my place. :) I think I could handle calls like that more often instead of some of the other things we run on.
I'm home for the weekend and enjoying my time. :) Nate came home yesterday for his two weeks off. Wish I could be home for the those two weeks, but unfortunately, I have to work. I don't work till Monday night though, so that's nice. Tomorrow, Kayla has a concert in St. Louis and so we're planning on going to Jacob and Hannah's church in the morning since it's on the way. I've been told it's a really good church, so I guess I'll find out. ;-) Kay's concert is going to be fabulous, I'm sure. She always does a good job and I'm so proud of her. I love you, Kay dolls! <3
Not sure what we're planning to do Monday, but I'm looking forward to spending time with Nate. Tonight we're having pizza, cookies, and watching Megamind! :D I never used to like animated movies, but I love them now. They've come out with so many good ones!
Okay, I'm gonna quit being a bum in the chair and go take some pictures. ::) Maybe, just maybe, I'll post some up. =)
Well, work has been pretty awesome lately. I really like working a 24, with either two 8 hour shifts or a 16. Gives me so much free time. :) I've recently been trained to do some of the office work so the lady who does it can leave on vacation. She was gone two days a couple weeks ago and I think I did okay without her. The only bad thing with office work is when you run out of stuff to do then you're completely bored. It helps that I'm at the base and those working usually come in and talk to me. ;) lol, during one of the days, I was officially introduced to the Angry Birds app for my phone. Apparently, it's the coolest thing and everyone was shocked that I hadn't played it. I joked that when our boss got into work we should all sit in a circle on the floor playing angry birds. He would've probably gotten a kick out of it... and then of course told us to get back to work. ;) Sad news is, that he's leaving us. :( By June, we will have a new boss. I'm not totally psyched about it... He has been one of the best people ever to work for. He's able to joke and have fun, but then to also be strict and make sure things get done. He always stands up for us when anything goes wrong. He makes the perfect manager for our base and I'll be really sad to see him go.
I've not had any major calls lately... maybe that'll change. :) This week I worked all nights. Yuck! I really hate working nights. Mostly because I hate sleeping during the day. It was so weird to come home at after 7 and then sleep the rest of the morning...really not used to that and don't want to make it a habit.
Oh, we had a funny call the other night. :) This guy decided to run from the cops and ended up being tased and handcuffed. We got on scene and it's obvious the guy is drunk and on some sort of drugs. Okay, that's not the funny part, the funny part is when the guy starts singing. lol :) First, he sings about Jesus, then he switches to a love song and the cop joins in. I think all 12 sheriffs and I were laughing. It may not sound that funny, but believe me, you would've been laughing or at least had a big grin on your face if you'd been in my place. :) I think I could handle calls like that more often instead of some of the other things we run on.
I'm home for the weekend and enjoying my time. :) Nate came home yesterday for his two weeks off. Wish I could be home for the those two weeks, but unfortunately, I have to work. I don't work till Monday night though, so that's nice. Tomorrow, Kayla has a concert in St. Louis and so we're planning on going to Jacob and Hannah's church in the morning since it's on the way. I've been told it's a really good church, so I guess I'll find out. ;-) Kay's concert is going to be fabulous, I'm sure. She always does a good job and I'm so proud of her. I love you, Kay dolls! <3
Not sure what we're planning to do Monday, but I'm looking forward to spending time with Nate. Tonight we're having pizza, cookies, and watching Megamind! :D I never used to like animated movies, but I love them now. They've come out with so many good ones!
Okay, I'm gonna quit being a bum in the chair and go take some pictures. ::) Maybe, just maybe, I'll post some up. =)
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Internet issues
Ok, so I'm really sorry there are no pictures up from the play. I worked the beginning of the week and then the internet was all messed up for the last couple days. I know that sounds like I'm making up excuses, but it's the truth. Maybe it'll continue to work through this evening and I'll be able to post some up. No promises though.
Ok, I do have more to say and could write a long post, but I'm really hungry and I feel like raiding the kitchen. :)
Ok, I do have more to say and could write a long post, but I'm really hungry and I feel like raiding the kitchen. :)
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)