i don't wanna fall asleep because i don't know if i'll get up.

so much for writing almost everyday. it's been nearly a week since my last post, and that was only a few pictures from texas.

but right now it's 1:37 in the morning, and i'm really not tired. i slept all afternoon because i had a headache so bad that it was making me nauceous. so right now i'm pretty much wide awake.

i started my new job this week, and it's going well. it's been pretty slow ... i haven't really even begun my training. wednesday, my first day, i had to take an online course on anatomy and psysiology and then the assistant manager gave me 89 addresses in puyallup and i had to find them all on a map. then on thursday and friday, i had to take the map with me and physically go find all 89 addresses and write down what landmark was at each. they were mainly schools and apartment complexes ... places where 911 calls frequently come from, i'm assuming. so for two days, i basically got paid $20 an hour to drive around the city. i'm glad i was able to do that, because i kind of actually know my way around now.

this week, i'm attending an emergency medical dispatcher (emd) class in kent, which is why i had to take the A&P course. so i'll be in class tuesday through friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm. since the commute would be about an hour each way because of traffic, the city offered to put me in a hotel for three nights. so that's pretty awesome. they're paying for all of my food, too. then on the 13th, i have to attend an "emotional survival" class - basically i'll learn how to deal with stressed out callers and how to not get too involved and too wrapped up in it.

i'm still not 100% sure what my schedule will be while i'm in training, but i'm pretty sure it's going to be 2:00am to 10:00am. which kind of stinks. but that's the one downfall to this career - you have to be ready to work any shift on any day. after my training is complete in several months, i could be working any schedule. but i have a feeling it's going to be graveyard.

yesterday christa and i went to the county fair to watch the championship day events. i hadn't been there more than twenty minutes before i was scooped up and asked to help out. so for most of the day, i was stuck in the arena doing ring steward duty ... telling the kids where to line up and telling the announcer what gaits to tell the kids to do over the PA system. it wasn't bad until it started getting hot, and now i have a funky sunburn on my neck and throat. haha.

then that night, i rode rides with the leavitts - drew, danae, katelyn, colton, benj and tyson - and richard and jennifer. i had a blast, although my stomach wasn't very happy with me when i went on the starship 3000 or whatever it's called. the spinny one. it's amazing how as a kid, i could go on every single ride and none of them would phase me - the starship ride used to be my favorite ride of all time and i would BEG my dad to let me go on it time after time after time. now, i can't do spinny rides. i get sick to my stomach. i can still do the upside-down rides, but if there's any kind of drop, it messes with my stomach. so after the starship experience, i let my stomach settle and bumper-car'd it up for a while. then i went back to the other rides. i deemed benj my official ride partner, and he rode the zipper with me like three times in a row.

i think the most fun we had last night was when we went on the giant slide. they had just lubricated it, and holy crap ... we freaking flew. i raced drew down it one time, though, and on the last little hump part, i went airborne. i came down really hard on the raised part in between each groove, and now my back and ass are pretty sore. but it was worth it. we also went on the kiddy coaster - the dragon one. man, that was funny. we got some pretty weird looks from people ... there were more adults on it than kids. but it was fun ... we had our arms up the whole time and were laughing like crazy. overall, the night was a blast. i love that family to death - they're more like my own family than just family friends.

alright, i think it's time to try and go to sleep. i have to clean my room tomorrow and do laundry. plus i have to go shopping and get clothes for class this week, plus i have to pack.