On the weekend I did my fire fighting course, and will soon be on call to any accidents, fires and rescues. I can’t wait. The first day of training went really well, but on the second day, I was shocking. Hence they are holding off giving me my pager….oops. I did get really hurt, I tried extremely hard not to cry, but the tears did come out, which I am so embarrassed about. It was 98% humidity, 36oC with not a breathe of wind, and it was raining. I don’t handle the heat on a good day, let alone being 120kg in a huge fire suit. I did manage to get a bit of my dignity back, they passed me. But as I mentioned earlier, I can’t be on call until I prove myself. I know all my theory really well and have the folders at home so I can study up on them, but I need the confidence out on the field so I don’t second guess myself and the other crew members. I have a problem, where I tend to try and think for everybody else, and get my tits in a tangle because I feel like it won’t get done, right or properly, if I don’t follow through.
I’m like “Dory”, you remember the Disney movie “Nemo”. I have a really bad short term memory, so I try to remember harder at every stage, when I’m learning something new. So I ask heaps of questions, until it really clicks in, then I’ll never forget. A bit like Drew, I need a rule that helps me to remember the specific task. Eg. Reading time is Quiet Time!, for Drew, so he remembers and doesn’t have to keep asking the why’s and what for’s. Where for me, for instance, Learning the different hoses and connectors that come off the truck and where the tap is that controls the opening and closing and which one to use…. So we use a Case one, Case Two ect.
Anyway, I better be off. We have had flooding up here the last few days. So I need to do a lot of catch up stuff.
Talk soon…
cRaZy sHeLl
Friday, March 7, 2008
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