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Location: Halifax, Pennsylvania, United States

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Start of a Long Weekend

I went to bed Thursday night around 02:00 hours. I woke up around 06:45 hours and sat up in bed. I felt like I had something in my throat. I took a drink of water from the bottle I keep beside my bed and laid back down. I laid down for only a minute and I had to sit back up again as I did not feel right. I started to feel like I was going to vomit, so I got up and went over to the bathroom and no sooner had I opeend the seat on our toilet, I vomited about 4 times. It looked like I only brought up phlegm and snot that had drained from my nose. After I was done I went back over to the bedroom and laid back down until my alarm went off at 07:10 hours. I got out of bed and got dressed and then grabbed my suitcase, jacket and camera and took them out to the kitchen. I then packed my lunch and got my Gatorade bottles together. I then left the house around 07:28 hours and headed on up to Eville to go to work. When I pulled in I noticed that 6-3 was gone. I parked out back and then grabbed my stuff and went inside. Once inside I put my suitcase over by the couch and put my lunch and Gatorade bottles in the fridge. I then clocked in and ate breakfast while I got on the computer to find out where 6-3 was at. I then heard Carl come in and he sat down at the other computer. He asked me if I knew where 6-3 was and I told him I was getting ready to look it up. I pulled INet up and as I was doing that I heard Beef put them available from a patient refusal. I found out that they had been in Berrysburg Borough on a call. I then heard Tim come in and he went out and checked the gear on 6-1 and then went into the day room. O'Neal then came in as he stopping to check his bin to see if he got a pay check. He then started to complain about working with Jim for the day and Tim made the comment about if he came in or not, as Jim had called off sick the past 3 days. O'Neal decided to call up to Lykens to see if Jim was there and he was so O'Neal left and headed on up to Lykens. Beef and Stutzman then got back and Tommy stopped in to pick up his check also. Me and Carl did a rig check on 6-3 and then I filled out he paperwork while Beer worked on his latest chart. Steve then came in and the 6 of us sat around and talked and told stories. We were out in the bays when we heard 13 get hit for a class 2 call. They didn't get out and they hit our tones. Carl looked at me and asked me if they had a crew today and I said yeah and that it was the Fetterhoff's. I told him that I was going to go responding right away just to piss them off and Carl did. About 2 minutes later, Carl said that we should start moving down the road incase they did not get out. So I unplugged 6-3 and we both got in and as I turned the key foward, 13-1 went responding. I shut the bay door and started to get out when Carl asked me if I had eaten breakfast or not. I told him that I had something and he said about running up to Koppy's. So we ran up to Koppy's so Carl could get something to eat for breakfast and then we headed back to the station. Once there I went over supplies and got what I needed to order. O'Neal and Jim showed up as O'Neal had to change the onboard tank. When he had it out, the tones went off for an unconscious person in Wiconisco Township. O'Neal quickly got the tank back in 6-5 and off they went. I moved 6-3 back in the bay as 6-5 had been put in there to change the tank. Carl then came over to me and told me that Steve wanted him and me to head up to the scene incase Jim made it BLS then we could take it and keep the medic available in the area. As we were heading up, Jim called and asked county to hit for his BLS truck to come to the scene for mechanical problems. We went responding and we got there and here O'Neal had gotten 6-5 stuck in a rut beside the driveway. He told Carl to get in the cab and me and him would sit over the rear wheel to try and give it some traction. We got it out and then we went up to the scene to find out what was going on. Jim ended up riding it down and we went available and headed back to the station. On the way back, we heard Tim go responding to Northumberland County to the Line Mountain Elementary School for seizures. We got back and I got on the computer and put the order in. We then heard Tim go available and about 5 minutes later the tones went off for breathing problems in Lykens Township. Me and Carl got in 6-3 and took off and then Tim went responding. We got up there and pulled in and Tim pulled in right behind us. Carl turned 6-3 around in the driveway and ended up going off the edge of the driveway and got the front wheels of -6-3 stuck in the mud. It took us about 3 to 4 minutes to get it unstuck. We then took the gear up to the house. We got the lady loaded up and then Carl took 6-1 back to the station and me and Tim went to Lewisburg Hospital. After we got what we needed up there, we headed on back. We stopped at KFC and we both got something to eat. I got a 12 piece chicken strips and a Party Size Popcorn Chicken for later on that night to munch on. We then headed on back. Tim had me then stop at the Sunco in Dalmatia so he could get a cup of coffee and I got a soda to refill my cup from KFC and then we continued on back. As we were leaving Lewisburg, the tones went off for breathing problems in Millersburg Borough. Jim and O'Neal took that call. We got back and I back up outside cause I wanted to hose the unit down to get the dirt and grime off of it. Just then the tones went off for another breathing problems in Upper Paxton Township. Tim jumped in 6-1 and took off. 13-1 ended up taking the call as 20 had no other crews. Me and Carl restocked Tim's gear off of 6-3 and then we hosed down 6-3 and I backed it in. We then got back on the computers to play games. O'Neal and Jim then got back for a little bit and then headed back to Lykens. Tim got back and then we finally sat down and watched an episode of Emergency Season 3. Just after we finished with that episode, the tones went off for a call in Millersburg. Tim got in 6-1 and off he went. Carl then said that he was hungary and I told him I had a lunch packed that I was just going to eat for dinner. I told him that if he wanted to go get something to eat we could. So we got in 6-3 and ran up to McDonald's and he got something to eat and then we headed back to the station. Once there I ate my dinner while we watched How It's Made on Discovery Channel. Carl then left at 20:00 hours. About 30 minutes later the tones went off for breathing problems in Millersburg Borough. Jim was staying late until Enders got in up at Lykens to make a BLS truck. Jim ended up taking this call in Millersburg. O'Neal then came back after Jim went down with 20. Enders came in while I was on the computer. O'Neal then left arounf 22:15 hours and headed on down to Halifax to pick Jim up and Enders left and headed on up to Lykens. Tim got back and I helped him restock and then he went back into the men's bunkroom and worked on his charts while I laid on the couch and watched TV. I then went to sleep at 24:00 hours andagain we did not turn a wheel all night long. I got up at 07:36 hours when Tim banged on the door because he left his keys back in the room. I got up and got the stuff back on my belt and then put my pillow away and put it in my car. I then got my stuff out of 6-3 and put them in my car also. I then grabbed my check and put that in my car. Jim came in first and then Enders came in next and then John came in last. I clocked out at 08:03 hours and the 5 of us talked for a little bit and then I left around 08:45 hours and headed on home. Once at home I changed into PJ's and went back to bed to get some more sleep. I woke up this afternoon at 13:25 hours. I got out of bed and got dressed and then ate lunch while I read yesterday and today's paper. I then got on the computer to do a few thigns and I am now getting ready to eat dinner. I will be leaving around 18:00 hours and headed on down to Oberlin to my grandparents house to meet up with my brother. We are going to Shippensburg to see Jeff Dunham Live. I will be back late tonight and probally going straight to bed as I have to work tomorrow.

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