Love the nice weather, wish it would stay forever!!!
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Posted:Nov 6, 2005 5:02 pm
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After a few weeks of bitching about how cold it was already we're getting a nice break. Staying in the 60's and even 70 or more recently. Got to love that!!! Unfortunately living in Shitsylvania I know sooner or later the snow will come again... Not going to worry about it till it comes though.
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Tomorrow night is Halloween!!!
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Posted:Oct 30, 2005 3:16 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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My favorite holiday is finally getting here. OK my ex boss is Wiccan so it has a bit more meaning to her this time of year than it does to me to be running around stealing candy from coworkers but you get the point. Bittersweet because all the good TV shows are on the weeks leading up to it (except for the Simpson's which will be next week). Anybody go out partying over the weekend or plan on partying on Halloween itself?
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Surviving...
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Posted:Oct 21, 2005 9:40 am
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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Still hanging around, still trying to keep the life away from the net as the priority right now. friends take priority over being online.
Who turned off the heat though? Where did Summer go and when can it come back? I'm not liking this cold weather at all.
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Not quite a happy ending yet
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Posted:Oct 9, 2005 2:16 pm
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But getting better. The slow progress is agonizing though!!! And no matter what I do I always feel I can do more or do better, like I'm a failure when people are there for me.... Oh well, it's progress, I'm just happy with that.
BTW WTF happened to Summer? Who turned off the heat? Went from low to mid 80's record highs all week to 50 and rain over the weekend like it should be in early November. No wonder everybody's sick. And people wonder why I hate living in this state more and more by the second.
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Slowly getting better.
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Posted:Oct 2, 2005 2:21 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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Not a lot going on, been busy with some stuff in the personal life but nothing I'd say is complely over yet. Still the progress that has been made has been very encouraging. Still don't know how much time I'll have to be online for a while though.
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Taking a break
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Posted:Sep 18, 2005 3:54 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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Well I WAS going to use this day to point out that 2 years ago today was not very much fun. What started on my b-day/day after my b-day almost a month before kept building and building to this day. That's when the snow started sliding towards the avalanche that destroyed my life about 4 to 5 weeks afterwards. That's when it all ended between me and the only woman I ever really deeply loved. That person you know is "the one" from the second you meet her. We talked about buying an old house and fixing it up, for the 1st time in my life I was checking out tux's and rings. Never have I held anybody or been with anybody and felt so calm and at peace, as if all was "finally right" and "meant to be". Well we both work for the same company and even though we're on different floors in the building and work different days and hours our departments interact daily. Because of that after a few awkward months we managed to at least be chatty and OK friends again but have not been nearly as close to where we were before. To this day she is still the only person I would drop anyone or anything for and come from anywhere at anytime if she would need me, I would still marry her right this second if she would want that......
Just the 2 year anniversary of that would be bad enough but Friday night I go out with co-workers and they tell me Thursday when I was off they chipped in for flowers for her and told me she's off work but should be back soon. She has already lost almost her entire family already due to tragic deaths and natural causes so my 1st thought is "oh shit, who now?". They tell me it's not for another funeral, she has been very ill and has been hospitalized but should hopefully be released sometime this week and could hopefully be back to work in another week or two if all goes well. Because of this I'm going to do my best to live up to that promise and try to be there for her as much as work allows me to. The net will have to wait, I may pop on once in a while but for at least a week or two I have much more important things to attend to. It'll be a long road for her to get back to normal health but I'm prepared to spend every second and do all I can to help her with that. I'm just happy it's nothing terminal and was caught before anything serious came from it, I honestly don't know if I could go on or make it through if it was.
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That time again.
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Posted:Sep 10, 2005 4:46 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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4 years ago tomorrow... I remember I was off that day and was listening to Boston Fire on the net and heard one of their Chiefs put an announcment out for all stations to turn on CNN because a plane hit the WTC. Watched for a few minutes before starting the phone calls & IM's to everybody to put it on too. At that time it still looked like an accident and not what it really was. To the 343 that lost their lives that day you're gone but never forgotten, may you walk with us all as we battle the devil and keep us safe. You all are and were truly heroes.
Let us also not forget our fellow brothers and sisters from ALL PD's, FD's and any public service that have made that supreme sacrifice. You can't be thanked enough for your love for what you did and dedication to that life.
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Posted:Sep 4, 2005 5:19 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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Getting close to 9/11, something to think about.
author unknown:
I wish you could know what it is like to search a burning bedroom for
trapped at 3AM, flames rolling above your head, your palms and
knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under your weight as the
kitchen below you burns.
I wish you could comprehend a wife's horror at 6 in the morning as I check
her husband of 40 years for a pulse and find none. I start CPR anyway,
hoping to bring him back, knowing intuitively it is too late. But wanting
his wife and family to know everything possible was done to try to save his life.
I wish you knew the unique smell of burning insulation, the taste of
soot-filled mucus, the feeling of intense heat through your turnout gear,
the sound of flames crackling, the eeriness of being able to see absolutely
nothing in dense smoke-sensations that I've become too familiar with.
I wish you could read my mind as I respond to a building fire "Is this A
false alarm or a working fire? How is the building constructed? What hazards
await me? Is anyone trapped?" Or to call, "What is wrong with the patient?
Is it minor or life-threatening? Is the caller really in distress or is he waiting for us with a 2x4 or a gun?"
I wish you could be in the emergency room as a doctor pronounces dead the
beautiful five-year old girl that I have been trying to save during the past
25 minutes. Who will never go on her first date or say the words, "I love you Mommy" again.
I wish you could know the frustration I feel in the cab of the engine, squad,
or my personal vehicle, the driver with his foot pressing down hard on the
pedal, my arm tugging again and again at the air horn chain, as you fail to
yield the right-of-way at an intersection or in traffic. When you need us
however, your first comment upon our arrival will be, "It took you forever to get here!"
I wish you could know my thoughts as I help extricate a girl of teenage years
from the remains of her automobile. "What if this was my , sister, my
girlfriend or a friend? What were her parents reaction going to be when they
opened the door to find a police officer with hat in hand?"
I wish you could know how it feels to walk in the back door and greet my
parents and family, not having the heart to tell them that I nearly did not
come back from the last call.
I wish you could know how it feels dispatching officers, firefighters and
EMT's out and when we call for them and our heart drops because no one answers
back or to here a bone chilling 911 call of a or wife needing assistance.
I wish you could feel the hurt as people verbally, and sometimes physically,
abuse us or belittle what I do, or as they express their attitudes of, "It will never happen to me.
I wish you could realize the physical, emotional and mental drain or missed
meals, lost sleep and forgone social activities, in addition to all the
tragedy my eyes have seen.
I wish you could know the brotherhood and self-satisfaction of helping save
a life or preserving someone's property, or being able to be there in time
of crisis, or creating order from total chaos.
I wish you could understand what it feels like to have a little boy tugging
at your arm and asking, "Is Mommy okay?" Not even being able to look in his
eyes without tears from your own and not knowing what to say. Or to have to
hold back a long time friend who watches his buddy having CPR done on him as
they take him away in the Medic Unit. You know all along he did not have his
seat belt on. A sensation that I have become too familiar with.
Unless you have lived with this kind of life, you will never truly understand
or appreciate who I am, we are, or what our job really means to us......
I wish you could.
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Curious....
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Posted:Sep 4, 2005 2:57 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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How many here just have Senior Sizzle profiles? Anybody have Alt, Yahoo, etc??
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3 day weekend???
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Posted:Sep 2, 2005 5:57 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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What a week, bad enough to come back for a full Mon-Fri week right after my vacation instead of getting time off to work the weekend like I normally do but it was a LONG week. Between the storm and the new moon all the strange ones were out in full force this week. I could write a book with all the weird stuff we hear every day from people. Welcome back to reality after a week on the beach right? Just happy to be able to be off Sat through Monday I never seem to get the weekends off when we have a holiday on a Friday or a Monday. Get to be fortunate enough to spend the day with family, how many thousands don't even have a home right now to do that?
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What a crazy week.
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Posted:Aug 31, 2005 5:04 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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We got enough rain from Katrina to make work hell and be miserable for a few days. Next few days won't be very fun either. But compared to what parts of the country look like it's nothing. Watching on TV stirs up the old feeling from when I was more active in the fire epartment and want to go and help. I can't even imagine what it must be like down there.
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In the words of Incubus
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Posted:Aug 22, 2005 7:42 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend that I am weightless
And in this moment I am happy...happy
I wish you were here...
I lay my head into the sand
The sky resembles a backlit canopy with holes punched in it
I'm counting UFO's
I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment I am happy...happy
I wish you were here...
The world's a roller coaster and I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care but my hands are busy in the air
I wish you were here...
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Packing for the beach on what should be yet another nice sunny strecth of warm and perfect beach days!!! Ocean City, Md. Tuesday until Friday yet again!!!! Gone till the weekend. 
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Awkward situations.
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Posted:Aug 22, 2005 7:28 pm
Last Updated:Mar 5, 2006 9:27 pm
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A while back (a good year or two at least) I filled out a profile on another personals site for the hell of it. Not an adult site like this one but without mentioning the name it's a pretty popular site itself. While browsing I came across an ad for the younger sister of a good freind of mine, a friend I've known since I was 5 or 6 years old. The younger sister was 18 or 19 at the time so it's all legal but do you bit your tong or do you say something to the friend?
Well it happened again. I forgot all about the ad and for the hell of it went to the site in shock I still have an active ad there and set about browsing. A co-worker of mine has an ad up, she's recently separated and is not a bad looking woman... Creates an awkward moment. Do you mention you've seen it, forget about it? How exactly do you bring that up if you do mention it? She's a good looking woman and a great person that deserves a hell of a lot better than what her husband was giving her so I figure she'll get a ton of replies. Just one of those situations where it's tough to figure how/what is the best thing to do. I wonder if she saw mine and is going through the same questions.
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