Busy as a Beaver....

You know that old saying: Busy as a Beaver?

Well thats me now, not that I wasn't busy to begin with but now I feel like I am busier than before. I started a part time job on Monday at Acro Graphix. Basically we make signs, all kinds of signs.

THursday we are putting a full decal treatment on a profishing boat for someone. Should be interesting to say the least.

So far I have made some liscense plates, some signs for the prison and some large signs for an agricultural business. Its an interesting job so far.

We had a house fire on Sunday night. The call came in about 2:30 am and when we got there the house was already fully invovled. Fire was shooting out of every window. The cops that were there told us that there might be a crack user inside so once we got the flames knocked donw we sent a team into to do a quick search.

They didn't find anything but even if they had it would have been a body recovery since the house was fully invovled when we got there anyone who was trapped inside would have been dead from the smoke by the time we got there.

Anyway we made it back to the station around 6 am and I for one was bone tired. No one off duty shoed up so it was only the 7 of us on duty and the Chief who fought the fire. the Captain from "C" shift did show up but he had to cover Central Station just in case something else caught fire and he could drive the back up truck to it.

I don't understand the guys not coming to off duty fires. I know we don't have to but I personally like some help when we have a big burner. And its really not for me, hell I can take it but from a safety standpoint its better to have more than 8 people at the fire so in case someone does go down or something does go wrong you have the men in reserve to go into action to fix whatever the problem might be.

I told one of the other guys that I wouldn't expect me to show up to anymore off duty fires since the other shifts couldn't see thier way to respond to our aid, but thats just me blowing off some steam. If they have anyting I will be there provided I am not out of town.

I think of my job as more than a job, its a calling like the priesthood. My job is about the community and protecting my neighbors. It's important.

On the school front I have good news, I have most of my grades in from this semester and so far I have all A's. I am still waiting for one class to post it's grades but I feel really confident about the final I took so I am expecting at least a B average.

My son graduates from pre-k on Thrusday. He is all excitied. A lot of the family is going to come and see it. I am taking off from work at 3:30 pm so that I can go. I am so proud of him its ridiculous. He has so much potential its scary at times. I just hope that I can support him and guide him to make good choices in his life and that he can learn from my mistakes.

If anything, life is an adventure!

~ Terhune

Three down, Three to go...

Well Three of my finals are done and gone and I am happy to say that I have 2 A's and a B. Not bad for a 30 yr old. My last three tests are African American History since 1865, Personal and Social Development and Career Development (Which I took last semester but she gave me an Incomplete because I never took the final). The only problem I am having is the fact that WebCT has crashed at my school and the last two classes are both WebCT classes!!

How am I supposed to take the online final if I can't get into the system? I know that the professor for Personal and Social Development has a hard copy of the final, she told me that today, but the Career development teacher does not.

Can you say moron! Who in their right mind is not going to have a hard copy of everything for their online course filed away in case of a computer crash?????

Other good news is that I applied for graduation today. Filled out the little form with my full name as it will appear on the diploma and gave my height and weight so that I can be fitted for my cap and gown correctly.

On the birthday side of things I purchased a few Playstation 2 games off of EBay that I have been wanting: Splinter Cell, Tiger Woods golf 2006, NCAA Football 2005, The Godfather, and Conflict: Vietnam. So far I have received NCAA Football 2005 in the mail and I plan on playing it all night tomorrow when I am at the firestation.

I would say all day, but we have a class we have to attend and I figure it will last till at least 5pm with a break for lunch, will probably start at 8am. Should make for a looooong boring day to say the least.

~ Terhune

It's My Birthday!!

It's my birthday!! Well I am 30 today which doesn't seem all that bad really. I know when I was a kid 30 was like old as dirt but your perspective changes as you get older.

I had a nice day. Got home from the fire station around 7 am, took a shower and got dressed for school. Took my kiddo to his daycare and then I drove the hour to my University. Arrived just in time for my first class, History of the Middle East, and it was a pretty interesting lecture about the Mamluke's and the Ottoman Empire.

After that class was over I went and turned in all of the work I had done for the bullshit class of Personal and Social Development. I also learned that the WebCT servers are still down, been down for like 2 weeks now. People need to take finals and such - HELLO!! I don't know why it is but the university I go to seems to be technologically challenged all of the time.

Waited around for a bit and talked to one of my classmates about her boyfriend issues and what not then waited for my other professor to show up for my second class - which he didn't. So I drove home and ate me some cold pizza for lunch, thought about mowing and then grabbed a book to read off of the shelf.

I fell asleep on the couch sometime while reading. I must have been more tired than I thought.

Woke up and went and got my son from his daycare. Then we all went over to my parents house where my brother and his family had come over and we grilled steaks and drank some beer and celebrated our birthday - my brother and I are twins.

My wife is now tucking our little guy into bed and I am reading over some notes and writing this up before I go shopping online!!! I have to spend that birthday money don't you know!

~ Terhune