Amanda Nornhold, College Bound!

I would like to start off tonights blog with a tribute to a very special friend of mine, Amanda Nornhold. Friend, Sis, Caring, Friendly, Devoted, Determined, Successful, Nice, and Funny are all words that come to my mind about Amanda. I have only known you for almost one year know, but it seems like a life time. I still remember the first time I met you. I believe if my memory serves me right, it was in November on a Saturday and your EMT class was at out station for a CPR class. I remember I was sitting at a table out in the bay looking at my Brady EMT book and you came out and saw all the cool pictures in it. Since that time I have watched you grow into a truely fine young women. You have been through quite a few things this past year. Some rough times with Andy, the death of one of your friends, Brandy West (God Bless her Soul), and all the troubles with a certain teacher. Yet, I have also watched you go through some happy times. The Semi- Formal, the Prom, Graduration, passing your HACC final practical, HACC final written, and State practical. Now as you wait for your results from your State written test, to see if you have joined a special group of people called EMT'S. You and your family have been so extremly kind to me since I first met your mother in the summer of 2004. You have opened your arms up to me and pulled me in as if I were one of your own. You treated me with respect and showered me with kindness, and I am so glad to be a part of it, because great frineds as yourselves are hard to come by in today's world. Now the stage has been set for you. You have college to go through and then Graduration from college. Your brother Steve, has a new child and now a new home, and your mother has some peace and quiet (sorry had to throw that in there). As we continue to get older as the years go by, I hope that you and your family stay in close contact with me as I don not want to lose touch with you guys. I finish this tribute with only one regret on my part. That regret is that I wish I had met you guys earlier in my life. Good luck, God Bless, and I would like to take the title of my class song and apply it to you, that good old Green Day song, "Good Ridence (Time of your Life).


Now moving on to my day. I went to bed last night around 02:40 hours and got up this morning around 10:45 hours. I read the paper and watched some tv. Around 12:00 hours the pager went off for a sick person in Upper Paxton Township. I was off today so I did not go on the call. I got up and grabbed the pager so I could listen to it and I made lunch and got on the PS2 and played for awhile. I pasued around 15:00 hours and took a shower and then got back on until around 19:00 hours when I got off to watch some more tv. Ate a snack and watched the end of the Boston Pops concert and fireworks. Getting ready to hit the old email and surf the net. Will be on late tonight so give a buzz if you want to talk.