murderous rampage

   I would first like to start this post by saying holler!!!! tomorrow is Friday!!! I couldn't be happier (sigh)
Its been such a long week.... If you recall I spent all last weekend studying for my 2 quizzes Monday and first big EMT test Tuesday. Well my labor intensive weekend paid off with the murder of all three. 90%,100%, and 112% respectively. So it goes without saying that I am pretty happy.
   Monday we had our first real practical skills day... hose loading, hose rolling, air packs, ropes. Pretty nice since after our quizzes we were in the gym working on those things the rest of the day... faarrrr better than sitting in lecture for 8 hours.We had our first female instructor Monday as well which was great for me to finally have someone to give me girly pointers...about my hair and being smaller and stuff...she was awesome. One of my instructors pulled me aside after class Monday and told me how good of a job I was doing and told me that myself and the other little tiny girl in my class are the best at PT. He said he is confident we will pass our physical agility test but that he wants to give us some help on some of the skills we may have trouble with due to our size. So next week we will have our first practice CPAT (candidate physical agility test)....Im excited to see how I do.
   Yesterday we worked on ladder drills. Lifting, carrying, climbing, rescues, etc. We had a grand old time filled with inappropriate jokes surrounding the butt man (the firefighter who stands under the ladder for stabilization). I carried a grown man down a 16 foot ladder twice. It was pretty entertaining. The first of the two rescue carries involves the victim (grown man) facing outward at the top of the ladder with the rescuer (me) climbing up to said victim. I put my arms under his armpits and then have him sit on my knee that I have between his legs. So the idea is that you hold the victim up with your arms, move your foot down to the next ladder rung and then slide them down onto your knee. This was quite entertaining because my victim was a decent sized guy and I was grinding my knee around in his crotch...hard not to laugh the whole way down. That carry is actually pretty difficult for me though because the distance between my arms and knees is pretty short... the second carry is easier. It begins the same with the grown man victim facing outward at the top and little ole' me climbing up to face him. I stick my arm between his legs and grasp the ladder behind him on one side and put my other arm under his armpit. He then swings both legs off to the side of the ladder to where I am kinda cradling him like a baby. The guy I performed this rescue on is like 5'10'' probably 160-165lbs...he looked nervous lol. But I totally killed it and he was smiling and telling everyone how strong I am by the time we got down. Pretty good feeling :)
   We had our CPR training class today which wasn't as boring as I expected and now I can give you basic life saving if necessary (and as long as you don't have any communicable diseases ;) As I stated earlier tomorrow is Friday!!! I'm excited to have a couple days "off" even though there is some studying that will need to be done. Out tomorrow night for Kenny's birthday and out saturday for Jen's birthday... Im a broke college student right now so going out doesn't have quite the same meaning as it usually does but I'm still totally stoked to see my friends. I miss everyone so much while I'm trapped on this island (Liberty,mo)
   I hope you all had good weeks as well!!!! Keep on keepin on.....
Love