North Dakota is cold

[ClutzyEMT]

**sneaks in the door, crawls over to the fireplace, grabs a wool blanket and sets a spell in the rocker**

Hi all,

I'm an old villager looking for a new home~~not sure I'm up to the "City Life" as I am truly a country hound.... but I will try to play nice with all my toys and be agreeable to disagree at times .

I'm an EMS'r from the dinosaur years at times it seems, things I learned when I was brand spanking new in this world have gone away and somehow been reinvented and come back again...

Truth be told, I started EMS in the early 80's and hit it hard for about fifteen years, then took a five or six year hiatus to try and make it in the "real world" but found that they didn't accept my way of thinking that sometimes, just sometimes (not always) you just have to just let natural selection run it's course and they forced me back into the world of EMS where I've been 'at home' ever since and will probably die doing this "job". Actually, I've never really considered this a job if I think about it, more of a way of life.....

I've been known to be stubborn at times, but if forced with an appropriate and knowledgeable mallet, I may sometimes admit that I may have, or may not have, been wrong~~only time will tell if I can be housetrained for the "City Life" and I look forward to meeting and greeting all of you...I think I see a few "villagers" here so maybe they will accept me and still have one of my broken toys lying around somewhere and will allow me to sit in the corner and gnaw on them while the discussion goes on around me if I am contentious.... **waves at Kat and Ed**

I am currently an Intermediate who is also an instructor~~soon I will be a thing of the past again and will be considered an AEMT and I'm really hoping that it's true what they've told me that my knowledge and wages will triple the minute I open the envelope that labels me as an AEMT...I think they also said something about "World Peace" happening as well... but I am excited about the national push to stabilize, equalize and verifize EMS across the board in the states and if it brings more uniformity and "togetherness" to the world of EMS to help us all grow up, then I am all for it~~yeah, like I said, "world peace" as well :0)~

I also work full time EMS, work at a local store on my off days to collect a pay check that makes up for what I don't make in EMS...lol, and run a rural volunteer ambulance service which has seen it's call volume almost double in the past year due to the "oil boom" in the western part of our fine state, and as the call volume doubled, the crew numbers decreased to half the size....

So as I said, I will try to play nice here in the "City" but I am a bit biased at times and if nothing else, have always been a strong advocate for my patients and what is and always will be right for them....

**sits back down in the rocker and sips her Rum and Coke and plays with her bloodhound SAR dog**

[paramedicmike]

Hi Clutzy! Welcome!

[Arctickat]

Tami!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Runs over to the rocker and snuggles under the blankey.

How ya been doll?

[ClutzyEMT]

I've been doing well my friend but it was a looong time between "bear" hugs and I have missed the participation in discussions!!

**offers up a sip of her Rum and Coke**

**waves at Mike** Thank you for the welcome and I shalt try not to whine.....but if I do, I shall offer cheese.....

[Arctickat]

No rum and coke for me at the moment, on duty. Raincheque?

[ClutzyEMT]

Due to the current weather conditions here in ND and no foreseeable rain in the future I shall have to finish it myself and buy another round at your earliest convenience...

[island emt]

Hi Tami:glad you found us. I still go to the village , but it's like having conversations with my self some weeks.

A lot of us have been old timers on both of these sites for many years.

Glad to hear you are still your stubborn self and keeping the dino attitude we loved so much.

It's been pretty friggin cold here for the past ten days also. Think Kat left the freezer door open again.

Today it's 53 and raining so can't complain.

Sending a big Huggggg your way from Maine.

[ClutzyEMT]

Leave it to Kat.....

A lot of it escaped to North Dakota but we have some pretty impressive windmills blowing it south right now only bad part of that scenario is what blows, must also suck...LOL so we are still getting his artic air~~

Thank you for the hugggggggg I have missed my friends and am glad to have found you guys~~I look forward to interactions with all of you again!! So far this 'city life' appears to be very efficient in moving around and finding things and have to admit that I like it. Have not been to the village for months because it wouldn't let me in so many times I gave up maybe next week on my "hour" off I will try it again!!

P.s.... 53 is friggin cold?? LOL that is picnic and "hold my beer and watch this" weather here...

[island emt]

It was sub zero with 40 mph winds last week. Yesterday is the first time in 10 days it got above freezing.

[ClutzyEMT]

So we aren't the only ones experiencing a colder than average winter I presume...the older I get, the better the Islands begin to look

I still remember my initial journey to the south, was working my way down when I somehow lost my mind and decided I needed to move home and be closer to family...lol...had I not had that thought I'm sure I would be in Hawaii by now.... but this too shall pass I suppose and soon I will be relaxing alongside the lake with a fishing pole in hand and screaming at the eleven year old to get out of the water and get back to the serious job of fishing......