Update

Just a little update for anyone interested.

I'm kinda bummed out because Hugh and Vickie O'Neill (Hugh and I worked at Sharon Fire and Performance together) we're in town today on their Alaska Cruise. We were planning to meet up and I was going to take them out to lunch and show them around town (the non-touristy parts). Of course, fate was not cooperating, I ended up on a Medevac to Bellingham for a chest pain that came in off one of the cruise ships. Sorry Hugh! I still luv ya!

I'm coming home for two weeks in November to spend Thanksgiving with the family. I'll be flying in Monday the 24th and leaving December 8th (baby sister's 21st birthday).

I finished enrolling in school yesterday. As many of you know, I've been trying to attend classes as much as possible but my schedule and lack of funding has made that kind of difficult. I now have a little more flexibilty and more fundage. I enrolled in the American Military University. They are accredited and offer online classes intended for the military and individuals such as myself who live in remote locations that do not offer the typical college experience. I will still be pursuing a bachelors in Emergency and Disaster Management. AMU is waiting on my transcripts from Akron and Stark State to see what transfers. However I'm fairly certain that I've lost several credits, because I doubt that my Medic schoolwork will count towards my degree. I'm excited about this school because one it's much more flexible (it can be completed anytime during the week). Two it can be completed anywhere that has internet access and I'm not required to sit and listen to lectures. I'm looking at options for master's programs. AMU offers a master's degree in Emergency and Disaster Management, but I really have my heart set on Oklahoma State. For those of you unfamiliar with the fire service, Oklahoma is the like the Mecca of Fire Service Operations. IFSTA and NFPA we're products of Oklahoma. They were the first University to offer degrees in Fire Science and Emergency Management. So to say that they know a thing or two about Disaster Mitigation is like the understatement of the year. I still have several years worth of classwork toward my bachelors so I'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Also you may have seen the pictures of my calendar boys (Tople and Danny posing at the FD) on the previous blog. After recieving those pictures, I gave Adam Dodson a hard time for not sending me one of himself. I promised I wouldn't post it, but I have to mention it. Dodson AKA "Little Arnold" trumps those boys any day of the week, that boy works out daily and it fairly evident. He's going to freak when he sees this but I have to give credit where credit is do. ;)

I think I've rambled enough. -Meg