Saturday, February 17, 2007

Pet First Aid (PFA) - St John Ambulance

I instructed a Pet First Aid course today. I find it hard to teach the course without a smile becasue most people don't believe such a course is real. There were five students and most of them were Vet's assistants/groomers. *sigh* So I was teaching to those who already agree with the course. Based on their Course Evaluation comments, they loved the course and find value in it to want to see more people taking it.

This weekend, we are going to the NS Boat Show. This week is the start of another AMFR1 and then next weekend I a heading over to the Island to instruct for the unit. It's all fun. Enjoy!

Friday, February 09, 2007

Work, Eat, Play, Sleep, Dream....

Over the next few weeks I am working seven days a week instructing one level or another of First Aid/CPR:
- This weekend I am working over in Dartmouth on a couple of fully loaded courses.
- Next weekend's Pet First Aid course is half full and there is alot of interest in it.
- Near the end of February, we will be heading back to Charlottetown to do a course.
- At the begining of March I have an AMFR course with the brigade as well as my normal work.

So there are all kinds of opportunities for courses. I will be looking forward to my leave when it arrives.

The interesting part of my leave is that we will be moving and most likely buying our first home. We have been pre-apporved for a mortgage and are now looking to work with a relator to find a place. Hopefully a few min drive closer to work.

Enjoy!

Saturday, February 03, 2007

Moving with the times

We know it's the nature of our job, but come near the end of FY and we get nervous about our next contract. Both of us are demanding our new contract, for myself it's just a renewal.

On top of that stress, we received notice that we must move before 1 April 2007. The landlord is selling the house and we must vacate. If our jobs are to stay in Halifax, we need to pay for this mandatory move ourselves. If our jobs take us elsewhere, we are looking at seperation for 6 - 12 months while we work through the move.

Today we headed out to the second trade show we ever went to together. This one was the largest RV show in Atlantic Canada. I grew up with trailer camping and have not looked into trailers for the past 20 years. I was more than amazed at the minimum standards automatically included in trailers these days. More so with the low rate costs available to purchase them as well. Before we ever by an RV, I would talk with my grandparents and get their first hand advice.

Before posting tonight, I read a news item of school boards, parents and students at odds over allowing/banning cell phones in school. I think the debate is out of order since nobody has looked at what people had to do before cell phones did not exisit.

I instruct a course each week. Within the first 5 minutes I tell them to turn phones off. By the second day, someone seems to have a phone ringing and inturrupting the course. The red faced, half muttered "I'm in class" and everyone staring at them barley embarasses adult students these days. Imagin the effect on teens who push societal limits to the maximum?