Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

Breathe in. Breathe out.


My life resembles nothing of what it was 2 weeks ago. This past week has been filled with so many low lows and high highs that sometimes I dont know what to do with myself! But overall I am extremely happy with my adventure so far.


My training has increased my knowledge on the following:

CPR and First Aid
Tools
Shelter Simulations and Logistics
Diversity
Communicating Peacefully
NCCC Programing
Unit Bonding
Creating Child Friendly Spaces
Corps Life
Specialty Roles in NCCC
and....next week we get Healthy Sexuality I. Awesome. No teamcest!
And that list is only of the structured learning.

For something that is a bit more exciting...
I AM A FIREFIGHTER!!!

I took the pack test on Sat. I had to walk 3 miles in under 45 mins while wearing a 45lb vest. I completed with a final time of 40:35. I rock socks :)
There were 68 people who took the pack test (24 of them female). Out of the ones who passed we had to write a letter of interest and the final selection was based off of that letter. I must have sounded pretty awesome because I got picked and I start my training next month! Oh and as a sidenote; out of the 36 firefighters selected, I am one of only 7 females. Again....I rock socks.


We also got placed into our permanent teams. This was a huge bummer because my awesome team got split up. 3 of us got to stay together and we are learning to adjust. I am now a permanent member of the Badger Unit Group 6. We will do a mini spike project next week in DE so it will be exciting to see how we all work together. Its just a 4 day project. We will work in some state parks fixing up some trails, gardening, and eradicating invasive species!

On a more serious note. I found out that my grandmother has cancer and her time with us is now very limited. So if you try to call me and Im not so enthusiastic; thats why. Please pray that her last weeks with us are filled with love and comfort. Please also pray for my mom.

Through all of our team and unit bonding sessions I have had to answer a lot of questions about myself. A recurring question keeps popping up..."what is your favorite quote?" Now, for those of you who know me pretty well, you know I can be pretty indecisive. I dislike having to answer any question involving the words "What is your favorite_______??" But at the moment I have one and it happens to be a book title by Dr. Seuss.

"Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?"

Think about it.

:)