Hi gang,
I've been so sick. I have a horrible chest cold/infection. I'm feeling a little better today. Everyone at my fire house has it, which is where i caught it.
Colleen- I'm so sorry for your familys loss.
Whats doing?? How is everyone?? Only 11 more months till i leave to disney!
It just seems so long away. I'm really super excitied about this trip more than any. My mom is meeting me there. I have not seen my mom since 2004, i miss her alot.
Growing up she was all i had, i could talk to her about anything and tell her everything. She was my best friend. She used to say, if you think you see something, or somehow you can help someone or an animal, then it is your duty to help. I was like 13 at the time. I guess it stuck with me cause at the age of 18 i took the FDNY's entrance exam and passed with flying colors.
She really is a great woman and to date runs a no kill, non for profit animal shelter. She is a ferral expert. Which means animals that are label to scarred or aggressive for human contact, she works with and gets them trained to be able to be placed in a loving home instead of being put to sleep.
Anyway she is comming with us to Cbr next august, i can't wait. She lives in wisconsin.
Work is going ok, there is some gang war going on in the neighborhood that my fire house is in. In the past 2 weeks we've had at least 7 shootings and 5 stabbings. The sad thing is, all the victims are under 18, the youngest was a 14 year old gang banger who was shot 3 times that i had to work on. He will live thanks to me and my partners quick actions, but these kids are so young. Saldy thats just the way the streets are near my fire house, these kids have nothing and join gangs to be part of something and to have something.
I 've been proposed for another medal. A job i had forgotten about last april. While doing overtime in manhattan, a older lady was hit by a tour bus and her pelvics crushed in times square. When we got to her she was still under the tour bus and we had to crawl under it to get to her. she was legally dead, but we worked on her and we just found out she made it and even was able to walk out of the hospital sometime late august. How cool is that?? It's a great feeling that can't be described.
So keep this between us, ds is having a surprise birthday party at school on friday. Dw and i are surprising him and going to his class with pizza and cake, we talked to his teacher and she is cool with it. His birthday is on sunday, he will be 8. Where does the time go??
Ok its bed time, i hope you guys are doing good.
We are having a Nyc disser's meet in manhattan in november, if you guys are close enough and want to join the fun, pm me and i will foward the link to you.
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