October

I was actually amazed by the amount of people that follow my ramblings about my life regardless of whether I'm traveling or not which made me fell somewhat bad that I haven't been updating this thing much since I've been back from Utah. I'm still working for Physicians Transport on probably one of the best shift-schedules I could possibly ask for (3 days on, 1 day off, 3 days on, 7 days off). I'm back volunteering with AVFRD on a more-than-regular basis and I'm in the process of trying to volunteer on a regular basis at Seat Pleasant Fire Department. I'm volunteering with Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group but not as much as I had been hoping to on account of scheduling conflicts at work. I can say for the least, I'm happy with everything I had planned for this time of the year.

October was a rough month for me despite everything going well. For most of the month I've had an overwhelming feeling that I should be somewhere but here. I should be flying somewhere, or staring at a mountain, or exchanging money. Alas, I am here, in Great Falls, VA. It feels good to be at home being close to school so I won't have the academic problems I did when I was halfway around the world this time last year. I did not get the job I was hoping to with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authorities which means unless I get another semi-permanent job along the lines of what I was looking for with MWAA, I'll be back out west next summer. I've made the decision to apply for both summer and winter alternate Lieutenant positions within the Antarctic Fire Department because, hey, you never know what I'll do if presented an opportunity at the last minute but for now, looks like PTS with an interim for the summer with the NPS somewhere.