hi

ty's home and it's been wonderful to have him back. His smile increasingly makes my world light up. We've been gopher hunting. And it is for sure a lesson in, "don't knock it til you try it." I have written before about my ever growing love of hunting and guns, but when the past posts were written I hadn't even touched the surface of what lies out there. I have now killed many a gopher and it's amazing. I know it probably sounds to some of you like I am out of my mind, but it really is awesome to watch their little bodies explode! Ok, I won't get into further details, unless you ask.
I have also been doing ER hours for my EMT-B practicals. Talk about exciting! I've seen some pretty cool things in the last month. And tonight, I finish my class. It's the final for skills/assessment. I have to pass this so that I can go on to take the National Registry. And I'm excited! I got an "A" in my class, an "A" on my final and tonight I will pass with flying colors. This semester has been hard, but life giving. I am on my way to doing something that really fits me and it feels amazing. Whether that's health care or pre hospital care is undedcided yet, but I think nursing may be the route I go. I can still always be on the FD and an EMT-B volunteer wherever I go. Speaking of going places, Ty and I are going to travel to Washington for the Memorial Day weekend to visit his family and friends. It will be super nice to meet them and see him in his old environment. He and I have been talking a lot lately about missing people that are so important in our lives. Chicago holds that for me and Washington holds that for Ty. We are working on building more significant relationships here, and starting to talk more about our future together as a couple. It's only been 6 months, so things remain on a nice slow path...I'm hoping that we get to go to my home town in June...but with gas prices being so high, we may try to fly. I'll keep you updated. Promise. Just had a pedi(girls, I think they are better when you have a girlfriend to do lunch and pedis with) and I'm off to run errands. May the fresh breezes of Spring send you into beautiful places.