Feb 20, 2007 11:44
I feel as if I have just submerge from the great murky waters of the Austin Fire Dept's training Academy. No, I didn't fuck it up and yes, I graduated recently. No, I am not a for real firefighter yet, I still have to finish 6 months of Probationary training but I am working as a firefighter. I am stationed at station 7 on 2nd and Chicon. I have had about 4 shifts so far and things are going really well. No fire yet but I am getting much better at running medical calls. Our station is really busy and we run calls on all of the great and amazing different characters that walk the streets of the East Side. As you can imagine, it's great fun and there are all sorts of wonderful new scents that I have never before encountered.
I am slowly gaining my life back life a Coma patient waking after a six month stint of nightmares. Soon I will be heading back to the good old Ego's slam. I am excited to see everyone again and hear some new work...I hope. I won't be performing anytime soon, that to I must slowly regain...like a Stroke victim learning to speak again. But I can't wait to sit back, enjoy a Lonestar, see many good friends and hear some poetry. Thanks to all those that have given me encouraging words this past six months, you will never know how much I appreciate it.