Holy hell it's been over a year since I last posted anything here. Wow, time flies when you're not constantly pissed. So, I guess I'll catch you all up, who ever the hell it is that reads this. It's been a pretty interesting past year for me and things have gotten a lot better for me.
So about this time last year I had reached the point of burn out at the ER I was working in and put out a call on social media to see if anyone knew of job openings. I didn't really care what it was as long as it payed decent and got me the hell out of that hospital. A friend got me in touch with my current boss and three days later I accepted a new position and quit my old one. I entered into the world of confined space and high angle rescue. And sweet shit it is night and day, no more whiny bullshit and woe is me crap from fuckers with a slight head cold, or just in search of drugs. Remember that I had no problem when we had actual sick people or actual medical emergencies but those were becoming more and more rare. Now the only people I really deal with are union workers, pipe fitters, carpenters, boilermakers and the like. And they are so much better to work with, hard working and fun to chit chat with, just as foul mouth as me. Plus a substantial bump in pay, and truth be told in the year I've been doing this I've become one of the top 5 rescue techs that work there. I also get to travel a little, two weeks ago I was in Michigan, and am currently writing this from Iowa. It's a hell of a good job and I couldn't be much happier with it.
And if that weren't enough a couple months ago I happened to get in touch with an old friend, one of my best friends growing up since around 4th grade, hell we ended up going to prom together. And now a few months later I couldn't be more in love. Now this is where I get a bit gushy. I honestly had written off the whole relationship thing, that it wasn't something that was for me. And then she pops back into my life out of the blue and, wow. Now, I was married years ago and thought I was in love then, but now, this is a completely different animal. I don't know what that was before but it's a mere shadow of what is going on now. She came along and woke up things in me that I thought were long dead and didn't plan on feeling again. And for that I will be forever grateful and spend the rest of my life, or however long she'll put up with me, trying to repay her.
Wow, after this post I may just have to change my pen name.....nah, I'll keep it for now.
Mr. Angry Beard.
