A Sign of Maturity

Say hello to the newest piece of technology on my belt. This is the Motorola Minitor V Pager. It sends grown men running when the beautiful sound of its tones enters their ears.

I was given this at fire practice today, so now I am off probation. I can now respond as a secondary to Medical calls and can help with vehicle accidents. Other calls I'll be doing things like switching out O2 tanks since I don't yet have the training to be actually going into buildings and dealing with fires. This also means that I am now getting paid for my time, including the weekly practices. I wasn't expecting this when I first signed on but it's a welcome blessing.

This year I have the opportunity to be gone basically every other weekend on fire training. I think that might happen, but I'll need to stay on top of school obligations for that to work.

I don't think I'm going to be done all my assignments by reading week...

I can't wait for my first call.