You know it's spring when....
I have discovered that the little black gnats are all out in force now. Plastered about 6 gazillion of them all over the front of my ambulance while driving around at work today. From a distance the front of the box looked gray instead of white. I suppose better on the front of the ambulance than on the front of my motorcycle helmet, though the sportbike fairing seems to deflect most bugs over my head, which is fine by me.
On the other hand, for being a rather uneventful day, I was rather productive. Finally got the meeting minutes from the haz mat committee typed up (two weeks late). Was going to type up a business plan, but apparently left it at home. I did get most of the streets index typed in. Now I just need to get the Savoy streets added to the index, then double check that all the maps are in there. Then the first map book will be done. Only two more left to do after that and the rural town book isn't going to need many changes.
I got my official paramedic class acceptance letter today. Have some administrative paperwork to submit now. Yeeha!
I now have 5 job interviews scheduled in the next four weeks. Trying to figure out what configuration of jobs would be the best for me. I'm still leaning toward staying here in C-U. I don't want to give up my EMS gig and I can still do some epi research on the side. I do have more opportunities to do things here that I know about. On the other hand, I may have opportunities to do more stuff elsewhere, but won't know that until I get there. Or I may move and find I hate where I went. DOn't you just love how life presents you with lovely decisions like that? Can't tell what the right answer is ahead of time. While there isn't a huge penalty for getting it wrong, it is a pain in the patootie to get it back to where you were, assuming you can even do that.
Got in a full P90 strength workout tonight. I even got through all of it. I'll stretch one more time before I go to bed. My hamstrings are going to be tight in the morning, but I don't think I'll be sore anywhere.
Finished the Julie/Julia Project book last night. It was pretty ok, overall. I think the author did a bit of whining in parts, but, hell, who doesn't whine when things don't go well and you're tired of things not going well. I know I spent part of the weekend whining about life in general. I also went to Custard Cup and had a tortoise snowstorm, which was good, even if they did put peanuts and peanut butter in it instead of pecans and caramel sauce. At any rate, the author made some good observations about life and how things in life rarely come to a neat and tidy end. At least not until you die.
Well, time for a shower and finding some dinner. BTW, the millet/veggie casserole I made last week really tastes a whole lot better than I expected. I think I"d been avoiding eating it for fear I wouldn't like it. I have discovered that most of the time when I cook dinner I don't really eat much of whatever I cook, esp if it's a new recipe. I even seem to avoid eating it. It's as though I don't want to know that I went to all that work to not like the outcome. So I just end up throwing it away uneaten. I guess my brain says that's less of a waste of my time and energy than eating it and not liking it. I dunno. Working on changing that mentality and on eating more veggies and good, healthy food. So far it's working.
On the other hand, for being a rather uneventful day, I was rather productive. Finally got the meeting minutes from the haz mat committee typed up (two weeks late). Was going to type up a business plan, but apparently left it at home. I did get most of the streets index typed in. Now I just need to get the Savoy streets added to the index, then double check that all the maps are in there. Then the first map book will be done. Only two more left to do after that and the rural town book isn't going to need many changes.
I got my official paramedic class acceptance letter today. Have some administrative paperwork to submit now. Yeeha!
I now have 5 job interviews scheduled in the next four weeks. Trying to figure out what configuration of jobs would be the best for me. I'm still leaning toward staying here in C-U. I don't want to give up my EMS gig and I can still do some epi research on the side. I do have more opportunities to do things here that I know about. On the other hand, I may have opportunities to do more stuff elsewhere, but won't know that until I get there. Or I may move and find I hate where I went. DOn't you just love how life presents you with lovely decisions like that? Can't tell what the right answer is ahead of time. While there isn't a huge penalty for getting it wrong, it is a pain in the patootie to get it back to where you were, assuming you can even do that.
Got in a full P90 strength workout tonight. I even got through all of it. I'll stretch one more time before I go to bed. My hamstrings are going to be tight in the morning, but I don't think I'll be sore anywhere.
Finished the Julie/Julia Project book last night. It was pretty ok, overall. I think the author did a bit of whining in parts, but, hell, who doesn't whine when things don't go well and you're tired of things not going well. I know I spent part of the weekend whining about life in general. I also went to Custard Cup and had a tortoise snowstorm, which was good, even if they did put peanuts and peanut butter in it instead of pecans and caramel sauce. At any rate, the author made some good observations about life and how things in life rarely come to a neat and tidy end. At least not until you die.
Well, time for a shower and finding some dinner. BTW, the millet/veggie casserole I made last week really tastes a whole lot better than I expected. I think I"d been avoiding eating it for fear I wouldn't like it. I have discovered that most of the time when I cook dinner I don't really eat much of whatever I cook, esp if it's a new recipe. I even seem to avoid eating it. It's as though I don't want to know that I went to all that work to not like the outcome. So I just end up throwing it away uneaten. I guess my brain says that's less of a waste of my time and energy than eating it and not liking it. I dunno. Working on changing that mentality and on eating more veggies and good, healthy food. So far it's working.
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