Never Forget

On this specific day, I've been reading a lot of Facebook status updates, twitter feeds, news headlines, etc. and thinking about the meaning of a lot of what people have to say about today. Some of them were elaborate. Some people tried to reach out to the masses with large and striking fonts. Some people were very passionate and emotional, sometimes evoking muse from biblical passages. There was only that truly stood out to me. One that still evoked emotion with two simple words yet managed to encompass the thoughts and feelings of Americans as well citizens of other countries sympathetic to us in our time of remembrance and sorrow: "Never Forget". I really don't think I need to say anything more to symbolize the importance of those words and this day...

A Recap

I've been extremely lazy with my posting here on tmbevans.blogspot.com. The reality is I don't even have an excuse. To recap since my last post on the 11th of August, life is a little bit slower now. I drove back to Northern Virginia/D.C. after visiting my daughter in Boise, ID. I traded my Nissan Xterra for a 1993 Ford F-250 and have been happy and ecstatic over the decision ever since. I'm back volunteering on a regular basis at the Ashburn Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department and I forgot how much I miss the place and the people here. I volunteer my time with the Shenandoah Mountain Rescue Group doing Search and Rescue here in the mid-Atlantic. I work for Physicians Transport Services as an EMT-Basic and am loving (almost) every second of it. Class(es), traveling, and just spending time with friends sums up the past few weeks...

As far as current events, I've applied to a firefighter position with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority whose hiring process I start next Wednesday. I've been feeling pretty down that I'm not heading back to McMurdo this year. I've been reading a lot of status updates on Facebook of friends heading down or getting ready to and it sometimes makes my heart sink. I also felt pretty bad leaving Zion helitack so early despite how slow the season was even after I left. But it does feel good to be home...