First Day of School

Well, today was the first day of my EMT class. Surprisingly, we actually did things on the first day of class. I had been planning on getting home early, maybe even stopping by Dad's doctors appointment but we were there the full time which is OK because the things we went over today would completely bore me and now we can just jump into more class work on Thursday for the next class.

The thing that was really annoying is the fact that the book cost more than the course itself. But my friend that's taking the class with me and I are going to share it so it won't be too bad.... (sidebar: friend that is in my class, we're gonna call her Izzy from now on because it fits and it's appropriate for the friendship).

And I also thought that the class only had one Saturday class. Instead it's 8 hours EVERY SATURDAY! This creates many problems... First I usually work every Saturday and the class isn't over until two hours into my shift (Poor Izzy usually doubles on Saturdays). Secondly, you are only allowed to miss so many hours of class and I have a vacation scheduled for seven days in July. So that's gonna suck and the first day of vacation is a Saturday that we would be learning extraction from a car, so this vacation keeps turning into a bigger and bigger disaster. Looks like I'm gonna miss a few days of it. I haven't told work about the Saturday thing yet but I'm hoping I can switch shifts with people and make it all work out. Otherwise I'm out the money I paid for the class because you aren't able to take the state test if you miss too many hours.

OK enough with that bitching. I'm really looking forward to getting this training over with so that I can start a new career because I'm going to lose my mind if I stay at this one too much longer. And I am excited about the possibilities that come with learning new skills and how many ways there are to go once you have the education.

I started reading today when I got home from class and the goal is to read everything that I need for the next class or two by tomorrow so that I can pass the book off to Izzy on her way home from work and school. The amount of course work is actually surprising too because they are squeezing a three month course down into two months which I like!! Less time in class means the sooner I can get started.

With working in EMS I really don't want to be coming into the hospital that I work in now because I would feel kind of awkward with the people I know seeing me in a different role. I'm shy like that. So I'll keep you updated on all the fun there is to be had in EMS! Ha!!