Explanation of Absence

To all my readers,

I'm truly sorry for being away for so long and not posting anything new.

The last few months have been so incredibly busy for me that I have barely had the time to check my email, let alone post new blogs!

I'll try to sum up in a nutshell just what I've been up to...

Since August 11th, when I was sworn in, I have undergone more training than I've ever experienced in my life. I went through 4 weeks of training before I was able to hit the streets and work. Since then, I've completed 9 weeks of field training with 4 weeks left to go in the program. It has been the most educational, stressful, and interesting time of my life. I've been exposed to nearly everything that I'll ever be exposed to in this career.

The training is going very well. I'm doing well and I count the days until the bulk of the training comes to an end. I'm somewhat nervous about working on my own, but I know that will pass.

Last week, we had our first blizzard here. I drove with lights and sirens to a few calls during the storm. Due to the road conditions, I could only drive the speed limit. Talk about a weird feeling. Usually, when I'm going to an emergency call of some kind that requires I use lights/sirens, I'm cruising at relatively high-speeds.... but I couldn't do that the other night. My training officer and I were looking at each other and laughing because it felt so odd to be driving at such a slow speed. All turned out well, by the way.

At any rate, I apologize to all my readers who have faithfully checked in to see what was new in my life. I will try to keep this updated. I hope you all understand just how busy this learning process has kept me and that has been the reason for my absence.

Check back again!