Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
With Superbowl Sunday being this weekend, it seems only appropriate that I have a post inspired by football, especially since I had a post to mark the beginning of the season. Last fall, I saw an ad that has stuck with me. It was thousands of Tom Bradys (the controversial quarterback of the New England… Continue reading Sum of Experiences
I have taken many flights over the years. Each and every time I diligently take out the instruction card and look at the safety features of whatever plane model I happened to be sitting in. I always pay attention to the flight attendants’ briefings. It probably doesn’t surprise anyone that a teacher’s pet would… Continue reading Flying Quirks
With all the back-to-school sales on now, I was thinking back to when I would look forward to stocking up. In getting ready for junior high gym class, I wanted to make sure I got everything on the school-provided list. One of the items listed was tube socks. Ma asked me if I really wanted… Continue reading Tube Socks
I had the best time a work last week! We had a fire drill, and I am the fire warden for my office suite. To put this in context, this was not my first time at the rodeo with these responsibilities. I was the floor warden when I was at the same job for seven… Continue reading Lady in a Vest
Three years ago tomorrow I launched this blog. That first post is still my favorite of all that I've ever written. It feels just as true to me now as when I wrote it - more than 300 posts later. In my first post I talked about how different my life was then versus five years… Continue reading Three Years Old
Growing up in Southern California, I had an early intro to earthquakes. In school we always had drills, assuming those flimsy desks would protect us - especially since we weren't taught at that time to hold on to the desks the way kids are taught today. Those desks would have simply bounced away from us… Continue reading Earthquake!
For the first time in a year, I was able to go to a CERT Meeting. Being prepared and helping others s important to me, but my work schedule kept me away. I hate it when my priorities and actions don't line up. At first I was afraid of feeling like an outsider, but the… Continue reading Important to Me
When I went through the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Academy final, I managed to secure a coveted incident command job. This meant that my admin skills were drawn upon for the good of the mission. It also meant that I didn't see what was going on outside as part of the actual mock disaster. I… Continue reading Volunteer Victim
What is the definition of a fanatic? Somebody that is into something more than you are! Yup, it is definitely like the definition of pornography granted to us by United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart: I'll know it when I see it. I got thinking about all this while taking my CERT class. The instructor… Continue reading Definition of Fanatic
Ever since I read Lucifer's Hammer (which was followed two days later by the Southern California blackout!), the need to have emergency supplies on hand has been at the top of my mind. It led to a not so successful volunteer attempt, but that led to more research and another opportunity. Some of you know… Continue reading I graduated
Grown Up, Now What? 