Snowy Boredom

   Im on my second snow day in a row... Its nice not waking up at 5am but its been a long time since I sat at home for two days. Yes I know I could have gotten tons of studying done but I have been having a really hard time getting motivated. These days off have gotten me out of my studying rhythm.

   So since my last post....lets see.... I didnt do much of anything over the weekend. Reese was sick, waking up early in the morning vomiting since friday. So I stayed home to keep an eye on her, I think she is feeling better now though. Monday we had class as usual... lecture about ethics in the fire service which was more interesting than I expected. We also got all our bunker gear on and did a little drill in the gym. We got into our squads and had to pull out three down firefighters that were in the mens locker room. All the lights were out so it was pitch black and we were not allowed to stand up. The goal was to simulate what its like inside a fire.The gear is so hot, I cannot imagine how hot it will be once we get to the burn tower and are actually in a fire.

    We lost our first classmate on monday also, this particular recruit was struggling both physically and the chief advised them it would be in their best interest to drop and get there money back. I had a nice talk with chief and he was very complimentary about how well I was doing which was a nice confidence boost. I also discussed with him about a possible change in the class vice president who I dont mesh with all too well. (and by not mesh I mean if I had to choose between running razor blades under my fingernails or having dinner with him I would take the blades.) So Im hopeful that situation will be remedied by the week's end. We were released from school early Monday due to the ice developing and then snowmageddon hit and I felt like a 4th grader again rifling through news channels to find my school on the ticker. Snow days are great but they are having an adverse effect on my ass... Im SO guilty of boredom eating. It wouldnt be so bad if I could go running but clearly thats not an option. Tony got a new truck and he was itching to take it out so he, Cristin and Layne make the trip up to liberty and freed me from my snowy prison. We found the one open bar in liberty and posted up for happy hour. It was so nice to get out and have some human contact that I desperately needed. Inebriation soon followed since I dont drink a ton anymore but I knew school was cancelled today so I gave myself the night too have fun. Nothing too crazy anyway...home by 9:30 in bed by 10.

   Back on the grind today as I am going to force myself to read some and get back in my academy ass kicking flow. Thank you all for all the support, it really means a lot. Oh, and a special thanks to ang and kp for my awesome care package!

p.s. I wasnt intentionally flipping my dad off while he took that picture...just happened to come out that way :)