Wow...talk about a rollercoaster of a day...
I got fitted for my new EMS gear, which makes me look like an overgloried
FIRE FIGHTER. To make things interesting Dom was there. Yes...the really Irish guy from the other night. And he wanted to know why I wasn't wearing my kilt today. haha haha haha...*cry*
I went home for a little bit to relax after that, and was supposed to give a file to one of my father's partners at 3pm. It was 330pm, no knock on the door and no phone call so I called my father and told him I'm going out on a call. I got yelled at. Ha...Like I'm hanging around the house for hours because his partner can't
figure out how to be on time. Sorry...if you say 3pm and you aren't there by 330pm, it's your loss...not mine.
I get to the squad building, and I find out that I was part of the crew of the month. My crew had a CPR save a few months ago and we were voted to be the "Crew of the Month". :) That's 2 crews for me, yay! LoL
I go out on a call, and end up going to a person that I knew from middle school. It was one of my teachers and her husband wasn't feeling well. But he actually wasn't doing too badly, and it wasn't that bad of a call...we just put him in the ambulance and drove him to the hospital. We get there and I noticed that my eye had been bothering me for a few hours, so we get the patient set up and I ask one of the doctors to take a look at it. Apparently I have some scratches and abrasions on my cornea...wondabar. The doctor gave me some eyedrops and some antibiotic eyedrops (No charge :-D ) and we went back to the station.
And now for the most upsetting part of my day. I have this idea that was firmly implanted in me as a child...the only person responsible for someone's actions is that person. A person I was friends with for a while had been messaging me back and forth about how she wanted to date me. I told her months ago that I wasn't interested. So about a week ago she leaves me an ultimatum in the form of a small novel about how I have to date her or I can never speak to her again. I tried telling her that I didn't want to date her and I really didn't want to lose her friendship over this and that she was being a little ridiculous. Again she tells me that I have to date her or we can't speak. So again, I told her that I wasn't interested in her beyond a friend and asked her "Why would you risk losing me altogether over this?"....Her message today. The fact that I won't date her is "driving her insane" and she cut herself because of me. I am always looking out for my friends...and despite that I believe that we are responsible for ourselves, it hurt me in a way I can't describe when she said that. The hardest thing to do in life is the right thing...is the right thing to ignore her, or help her? If I help her will it do more damage...if I ignore her will it help her improve?
Between a lot of my friends and I...I bear the burden of leadership. And unfortunately, one of those burdens is knowing what choice is the right one, and when it's the right time to make it. I know my friends look up to me, and I always try to do my best not to let others down...but it's times like this that really strain me because the choices before me all look equally shitty. Anyway...I'm off to dinner with my EMS crew...maybe some food and a little time will help...
Other than that, things have gone pretty well today. Tomorrow I'm going to Six Flags :) woohoo!!! And monday I'm probably going to go back to Post to check on my status and check on my claywork. Hopefully they'll be dry enough to put in the kiln soon.
MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU!!!