Some catching up to do

OK, I've been meaning to update for a long time, and I've been procrastinating for a long time too. To those that actually read this, my sincere apologies.

To try to make it up to you, I finally figured out how to include a few pictures.

First is a picture of me wearing a piece of chainmaille armor I've been working on for a while now. It's changed a lot since I took that picture, the mock-sleeves are gone and a seam similar to a regular t-shirt is now in place. I'm currently working on lengthening the sleeves to make it a long-sleeved shirt. I might add a hood later. (it depends on how bored I get)

The 2nd and 3rd pics are from a single-car accident from a couple months ago. The driver was travelling up the road when she had a seizure and lost control of her truck. Her car jumped the curb and hit a tree about 5' off the ground, flipping the truck onto it's side. She wasn't really trapped, but because of the way the truck landed, we had to cut out the front windshield and break out the rear windows to get her out.

The 4th pic is of my little kitty-rat, 2 or 3 weeks after I got her. She is curled up in my lap as I type this, purring to her heart's content. The little cow beside her is her favorite toy, she carries it all over the house. It's seen better days, now missing an eye and looking quite tattered.

5th pic is from 1 of 2 fires I went to the first day at my new station assignment. The house was torn down about a week after the fire. First units onscene had trouble initially thanks to the pitbulls roaming the yard. I got there late in the game and didn't get to go inside until the beginning of overhaul. But I did get to flow a little water on a couple small places that tried to flare back up while I was inside.

The last pic is from one of the larger disaster drills I did the beginning of November. I was sitting beside the bus halfway back when the pyrotechnics were set off. It was so much fun! The transit police get credit for trying to remove the victims to a safer location and do some triage. Unfortunately, 50 feet away isn't quite safe enough for a bomb scenario. Our onscene time was terrible, the ambulance crew didn't want to "play along," but at least the hospital crew was amazing!!! Of all the drills I've done, I think that was the best treatment I've had from the hospitals so far.

Many things have happened since my last entry back in October. Of course, I transferred to a new station. Since my station is currently a open plot of land until they rebuild our new building, the Rescue (ambulance) is running out of another station, and the Squad is housed at the busiest house in the county. Being the only other person qualified to ride the Squad, I'm almost always on it. The days where my partner (who happens to be my Captain) is off, or if too many people call out sick, I usually get either bumped over to ride engine or rescue with the rest of the crew I work with at our temporary home, or sent to another station. It's no big deal, I enjoy visiting other stations for the shift. It's kinda like a break, but you get to hang out with other friends outside the hospital and without being onscene of a call.

I have a few more pics from a car fire I ran, but when I had the film developed and put onto CD, most of the pics were shifted on the CD. I'm going to have it fixed tomorrow so I hope to have the other pics up here soon. Now that I've figured out the whole photo thing, I'll try to add pics more often.

That's all the really interesting stuff I have for now without writing about the calls I've been on. But those are for another day and time.

Be safe