Ringing in the new year...

I dont have much to say right now...im running on like 0 hours of sleep in the last 32 hours. I had a nice shift yesterday...busy and slow at the same time. only 5 transports...but we were up all night nontheless. We ran some good calls...cant remember what they were really, typical stuff, difficulty breathers, abdominal pain maybe, seizures. stuff like that. this morning we ran a call where my patient asked me to explain to the paramedic what his condition was. I tried to explain to him that the paramedic was my boss and he knew way more than me about his condition. it was kinda funny. later i sarcastically asked asked the paramedic if he would like me to explain condition to him to which he sarcastically responded yes he would. fun times. most of the medics we work with here are pretty cool. we were posted at a neighboring station and in a parking lot most of the night, never really seeing our own station, or our own beds. so far today we have run about 3 calls. one traffic collision with 2 patients. one slip and fall. one chest pain. not too bad...but still, we have had little down time. im not complaining...just stating the facts. as a matter of fact...i have no basis on which to complain....everyone else working today...with the exception of one crew member worked yesterday too. that puts 5 of us on at least a 48 hour shift...one of the 5 that i know if is on a 72. so far morale is ok. we are all tired. some of us got a little more sleep than others. but none of us more than 2 hours or so.

so on another note...in about 2 weeks i will be leaving the states for Israel. i will be there for about 3 months...spending my last semester in college studying the likes of The Land and the Bible, Life of Christ, Jerusalem Studies, Jewish Thought and Culture, and Modern Hebrew. more about that later. for now the next 2 weeks will be spent trying to temporaryily wrap up my life in the states and hand over work responsibilities to temporary fill-ins, working on a 40+ hour map markinghomework project due as soon as i walk off the plane in Israel. life moves on, and on, and on. anywho. enough jibber jabber...i should probably be trying to sleep.

hope you are enjoying the fresh start feeling a new year brings...as for me i desire to be more than ever resolved to know nothing else but Christ and live in such a way that others desire to know Him in the same way as well...

liz