...June 30th, 2009...the last day of June...I'm back in RVA for a couple of days...busy busy time...looking forward to some time off this weekend...these last few months have been "hella crazy"...it seems to all be paying off though...a lot of decisions to make in the next few months...a lot of changes on the way...but I like it...
Question of the day...is giving a homeless person a gesture of good will or a measure of enabling?
Random House of Carney:
I hate shoes in the "summa"...like socks even less...and love warm weather...
ps: BE GREAT!!!
jwcIII
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sunday...
...June 28th, 2009...what to say...where to start...today has been a relatively slow day at the fire house...we had two calls actually...a DOA for a man who passed away in his sleep after what his wife described as a good night...she was obviously very upset...but evidently they had a night of chasing each other around the kitchen...he would sneak in and tap her back and run away and she would come around with her fork and she would chase him in circles through the living room...I hope I'm that lucky one day...
Writing...for me...is a process...an evolution...I have had events happen...each day since I started this project; however, as I evolve as an author...as an individual I'm finding that I am having to reassess how I perceive what I see and how to convey it...because even though much of what I do...can be dark...there is a positive to be seen...and conveying that has proven to be more difficult than I expected...
jwcIII
Writing...for me...is a process...an evolution...I have had events happen...each day since I started this project; however, as I evolve as an author...as an individual I'm finding that I am having to reassess how I perceive what I see and how to convey it...because even though much of what I do...can be dark...there is a positive to be seen...and conveying that has proven to be more difficult than I expected...
jwcIII
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Thursday...
...June 24th, 2009...today was just one of those days...despite all going on Addy had a great swim and is really learning to use her legs in the water to mover around...
The ER was intense...I don't really recall it ever being busy like this this time of year...it must be a combined affect of the changes in medical care and the lack of insurance...
Trying to wind down...I'm sure tomorrow will be equally trying...
jwcIII
The ER was intense...I don't really recall it ever being busy like this this time of year...it must be a combined affect of the changes in medical care and the lack of insurance...
Trying to wind down...I'm sure tomorrow will be equally trying...
jwcIII
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tuesday...
...June 23rd, 2009...wake up WORLD...it's a new day...time to take it to the next level...be thankful for what you have...where you've been...and what you've learned...predictions are over rated...living life for what it is...that's where it's at...if you don't have a list or template...make it up as you go along...change the game..."DO WORK...!!!"
Today I am thankful for many things...my daughter...my family...my friends...all I know and all I will learn...live life to the fullest...remembering all the while that the things that frustrate us the most...the things that seem so confusing are overwhelming may be the things in life that need the most attention...or maybe none at all...
jwcIII
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Sunday...
June 21st, 2009...I had a good father's day...spending time with Addison helps me not miss my own father so much...had a great time catching up with friends...hoping Joey's grandfather isn't in the hospital much longer...you just never know what the day may bring...must get some rest...running low...
jwcIII
jwcIII
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Thursday...
...June 18th, 2009...began at roughly 0430...long before the sun was up...today has been a busy...busy day...unlike Tuesday when we ran 14 calls...12 before midnight...today was more busy work around the house...presentations, i covered Cardiac Heart Disease, PT, couple calls in between, conference at Memorial Regional Hospital...now...hopefully it will be a quiet night...regardless it's been a productive day...
...I'm very excited about this weekend...Father's Day... :) Addy and I have a busy weekend planned and I have off Saturday...cook out with some old friends...hopefully "potty training" will continue to go well...keeping my fingers crossed... :)
jwcIII
...I'm very excited about this weekend...Father's Day... :) Addy and I have a busy weekend planned and I have off Saturday...cook out with some old friends...hopefully "potty training" will continue to go well...keeping my fingers crossed... :)
...back to writing...
jwcIII
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Tuesday...
...June 16th, 2009...I don't believe we've stopped all day...I stopped counting how many calls we ran on Day 1 of Barney's precepting...my day started at 4:45 and I probably should be sleeping right now, but we just got back from another call and I'm trying to unwind...hopefully tomorrow will be a more productive day and I can work on my class...
jwcIII
jwcIII
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Sunday...
...June 14th, 2009...what a day...what a week...I really can't imagine what this week may bring after last week...I literally couldn't sleep Friday night I was so excited...Thursday my company...CEI acquired it's first contract...and Friday I entered into negotiation for an adjunct professorship at NOVA's ELI...for me...this has been a culmination of three years of blood...sweat...and tears...many sleepless nights...planning...plan A to Z...really...and back again...
...even more exciting...is my daughter...and the fact that she seems to hate using her inside voice...her absolute love for the water and being on "the riva daddy"...how she writes with both hands...as a father I am humbled and amazed...it's impossible to not get lost in the moment of loving and caring for my daughter...teaching her...about life and the world...reading and singing with her...enjoying the simple joys of life...a great friend once told me "l'amore vince sempre"...and I'll admit...there have been times in my life when I doubted this...but you are right...absolutely right...through our children's eyes it is so obvious...
jwcIII
...even more exciting...is my daughter...and the fact that she seems to hate using her inside voice...her absolute love for the water and being on "the riva daddy"...how she writes with both hands...as a father I am humbled and amazed...it's impossible to not get lost in the moment of loving and caring for my daughter...teaching her...about life and the world...reading and singing with her...enjoying the simple joys of life...a great friend once told me "l'amore vince sempre"...and I'll admit...there have been times in my life when I doubted this...but you are right...absolutely right...through our children's eyes it is so obvious...
jwcIII
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Wednesday...
...June 10th, 2009...the morning comes with an eagerness that I'm not feeling in the least...I wake to my phone vibrating...who the hell is texting me this early..."wake up man"...jay...
oh ya...I wipe my eyes remembering I had asked jay to make sure I was up in the am...I reply with a sarcastic "good morning"...sigh...and roll out of bed onto my feet...
...Wednesday at the fire house is a unique day...it's the last in our shift cycle that lasts for 21 days...we work a 7/21...each day of the week is worked once...for 24 hours...the first week being "hell week"...on four out of 8 days...it's not a bad schedule...all of us have done shift work before and this schedule affords us a 5 day weekend every 3rd week...by the time Wednesday is here...we all would rather be somewhere else...
...it's a short drive to work this morning...crashed in Richmond at a buddy's from college...with life in a state of fast forward we rarely get to catch up...but that's just how it is these days...
...as I walk across the parking lot DJ pulls in...I already know Jackson has kept him up half the night...only our two rookies aren't parents...everyone else can tell when the kids have kept us up...but we rarely socialize before our shift starts at 7a...not at least until we have some coffee...
...thankfully the shift is flying by...Lt is crazy motivated today...mandatory "PT" lol...really...why...I mean...we know it's an SOG...but we all do it anyways...seems like more recently everything has become a competition on our shift...not in a bad way...just is...it's so ridiculous at this point in the summer that we even compete to see who can eat the healthiest food in 24 hours...lol...
...most of us have known each other for years...it is very fraternal and family oriented...everyone has a nickname...no one gets to choose their own nickname...but chances are if you show you don't like it...well...that's the one it'll be...just the way it is...
...we spend so much time together that there aren't many topics that aren't up for discussion...we watch some of the most random shows and talk about topics that people would probably be surprised about...typically we try and avoid politics and religion at the dinner table though...
...I will say with absolute confidence that I am sure that there isn't another job in the world where you'd find more support in a time of need...it's just amazing...even on our worst days we'd rather come in and help others with their problems...the in between well we get each other through it...simple as that...
...this job...for me was never planned...like so many of the men and women I work with...but it has been a life changing experience...one I will always be thankful for...
jwcIII
oh ya...I wipe my eyes remembering I had asked jay to make sure I was up in the am...I reply with a sarcastic "good morning"...sigh...and roll out of bed onto my feet...
...Wednesday at the fire house is a unique day...it's the last in our shift cycle that lasts for 21 days...we work a 7/21...each day of the week is worked once...for 24 hours...the first week being "hell week"...on four out of 8 days...it's not a bad schedule...all of us have done shift work before and this schedule affords us a 5 day weekend every 3rd week...by the time Wednesday is here...we all would rather be somewhere else...
...it's a short drive to work this morning...crashed in Richmond at a buddy's from college...with life in a state of fast forward we rarely get to catch up...but that's just how it is these days...
...as I walk across the parking lot DJ pulls in...I already know Jackson has kept him up half the night...only our two rookies aren't parents...everyone else can tell when the kids have kept us up...but we rarely socialize before our shift starts at 7a...not at least until we have some coffee...
...thankfully the shift is flying by...Lt is crazy motivated today...mandatory "PT" lol...really...why...I mean...we know it's an SOG...but we all do it anyways...seems like more recently everything has become a competition on our shift...not in a bad way...just is...it's so ridiculous at this point in the summer that we even compete to see who can eat the healthiest food in 24 hours...lol...
...most of us have known each other for years...it is very fraternal and family oriented...everyone has a nickname...no one gets to choose their own nickname...but chances are if you show you don't like it...well...that's the one it'll be...just the way it is...
...we spend so much time together that there aren't many topics that aren't up for discussion...we watch some of the most random shows and talk about topics that people would probably be surprised about...typically we try and avoid politics and religion at the dinner table though...
...I will say with absolute confidence that I am sure that there isn't another job in the world where you'd find more support in a time of need...it's just amazing...even on our worst days we'd rather come in and help others with their problems...the in between well we get each other through it...simple as that...
...this job...for me was never planned...like so many of the men and women I work with...but it has been a life changing experience...one I will always be thankful for...
...hopefully I'll get some rest tonight...who knows riding the ambulance what the night will bring...probably should try and get some rest...big meeting in the am...
jwcIII
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Tuesday...
May 9th, 2009...man...am I tired...what a busy day...I love being a parent, but keeping up with Addy is tough some days...she is such a bundle of energy...such a joy in my life...I love waking up to her little feet running across the wooden floors..."Daddy up...Daddy come play..." :)
Can I just say that I actually witnessed someone sitting in the middle of I-295 in a lawn chair...holding a clip board...sitting in front of his jeep wrangler that really did have "Traffic Surveyor" sign on the side of it...I mean really what were you surveying as cars sped by at 70 plus mph...who gets that job anyways...
...furthermore...I'm not sure how I feel about teenagers who walk around soliciting money for school...it makes me uncomfortable...and I'll talk to anyone...I really don't understand it...hustle...or not...I must research this...
jwcIII
Can I just say that I actually witnessed someone sitting in the middle of I-295 in a lawn chair...holding a clip board...sitting in front of his jeep wrangler that really did have "Traffic Surveyor" sign on the side of it...I mean really what were you surveying as cars sped by at 70 plus mph...who gets that job anyways...
...furthermore...I'm not sure how I feel about teenagers who walk around soliciting money for school...it makes me uncomfortable...and I'll talk to anyone...I really don't understand it...hustle...or not...I must research this...
...on a more serious note...tonight I was reminded of how dangerous our job is...per my friend Chris Cozzie "Please keep RFD LT.Shortt in your thoughts and prayers as he and his family go through a difficult time after today's accident."
Tomorrow is a new day...new challenges...new hopes...
jwcIII
Monday, June 8, 2009
Today...
...was such a great day...so many of my days come and go with everything going on right now...I truly value the time I have with Addison...she is at such an amazing place in her life right now...everyday it seems like she is learning more and more words...speaking in sentences...wrapping Daddy around that finger...
...I have a job interview on Thursday...something I've been working on for months that I can do from wherever I may be and I'm very excited about the opportunity. So much of the work I do now really drains you emotionally and takes away from my ability to write which is something I am very passionate about...
...time to do a little more writing and than some reading before I hit the hay...
jwcIII
...I have a job interview on Thursday...something I've been working on for months that I can do from wherever I may be and I'm very excited about the opportunity. So much of the work I do now really drains you emotionally and takes away from my ability to write which is something I am very passionate about...
...time to do a little more writing and than some reading before I hit the hay...
jwcIII
Monday...
...June 8th, 2009...coming off shift and happy to have the next two days off from the firehouse...excited about spending time with Addy and taking her swimming in the morning...
...I wouldn't say you ever sleep well in the firehouse...I mean you can sleep hard...but only because you are tired...especially since we have an ambulance, engine, and truck company under one roof.
...The only call of significance last night was a young man who wrecked his buddy's motorcycle...evidently he had borrowed it to go pick up his keys from a friends house and was caught speeding...he tried to outrun the police, but ended up wrecking in a neighborhood in our 1st due...I'd imagine he was going to be very sore this morning, but he refused transport...wanted to go ahead and go get the "booking" process completed.
...Funny thing about going on calls like that...even though people are typically humble when they make a mistake is you see people for you the are...genuinely...I'm not sure how many people in my field of work actually think about that...but I definitely find it to be an eye opening experience...
jwcIII
...I wouldn't say you ever sleep well in the firehouse...I mean you can sleep hard...but only because you are tired...especially since we have an ambulance, engine, and truck company under one roof.
...The only call of significance last night was a young man who wrecked his buddy's motorcycle...evidently he had borrowed it to go pick up his keys from a friends house and was caught speeding...he tried to outrun the police, but ended up wrecking in a neighborhood in our 1st due...I'd imagine he was going to be very sore this morning, but he refused transport...wanted to go ahead and go get the "booking" process completed.
...Funny thing about going on calls like that...even though people are typically humble when they make a mistake is you see people for you the are...genuinely...I'm not sure how many people in my field of work actually think about that...but I definitely find it to be an eye opening experience...
jwcIII
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Joe Carney's - A Day in the Life
I decided this weekend that I would go ahead with the second project that would...at least for the time being parallel my efforts of writing a book. Unlike my first project that concentrates on 3 years of my life...this will chronicle the next 365 days of my life as a father...a son...a firefighter...a paramedic and all that in between that comes with what I do in my life...hope you enjoy the read... ;)
jwcIII
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