I had hoped that the new year would be good. Unfortunately, on the personal side things totally went to shit. I just hope things will get better and I plan on keeping busy.
On the brighter side, I start my online EMT training course on Monday. This had surprised me because I wouldn't think this type of course would be offered given the strict requirements. As it turns out, I still need to go attend lab sessions to practice all the practical skills for the psychromotor exam (the hands-on testing needed for national certification along with the written exam), plus do 2 12-hour clinical rotations at the local ER. Once done, I plan on maybe doing some weekend work part time for one of the event EMS services, or I could try part-time with Medicwest or AMR. Since that won't be until mid-summer before I complete the course and take the exams, I got plenty of time to consider things.
I just saw this story about a cop in Philly getting shot by some idiot saying he did it for the Islamic State. Whether he actually did self-radicalize or just blowing smoke is hard to say, but it just drives home the fact that bad things can happen to anyone at any time.
Meanwhile, I noticed that Powerball is likely to be close to $1 billion dollars by the time the next drawing occurs on Saturday night. I'm already in the office pool, but decided it couldn't hurt to make a trip over to the Arizona side and get some tickets. At that level it's almost certain that there will be multiple winners but at this level I would be happy with a few million.
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