HELLO AGAIN

Hello all. I have been gone for a long time now so I thought I would just stop by and say "Hi".
There has been a lot of things going on in my life as with everyone else. If you have read Jen's Blog lately you obviously already know that we are expecting our fifth anytime now. So I am really excited about that. Her name is Jessica Grace Pearce and she will for sure be the last.

I still work at the same place that I have been since last summer. I found out today that I was officially promoted to a shift supervisor over 4 911 trucks and one transfer truck. I thought it was kind of cool since I never even applied for the position and it is a paramedic position. They however thought that with my work ethic, ie: living here, and the fact that I know the protocols and policies rather well that I would make a good choice. I got promoted to Interim Lt. which basically means I am temporary until I get my Paramedic in Jan-Feb and then it becomes permanent. Yes I said Paramedic scary huh. I finally decided what to make of my life. So I started school in August TEEX 15 wk class and now I only have 8 days left. It has not been easy but with the family support I have received it has not been as hard as I thought it would be either. I can't wait until I get in the Certificate that will open up more doors for me and will make my families life a lot better. For those of you who don't know Paramedics are extremely underpaid, However when you consider basics make 7.35-8.20 an hour (yes that is what I've made the past two years doing 911) then 14 seems like a dream come true. It won't be to bad with my Lt. pay and the fact that we average 64 hours a week I will start out making about 48000 at my main job to work 10 days a month. I plan on getting a second job to supplement the income so that Jen can continue to be a stay at home mom.

The main reason that I am posting today though is to say that I like everyone else needs to realize that everyone makes mistakes. You live, you learn, you forgive, leave the judging to God.
Believe me when we all get there I for one know that I will be reminded of mistakes that I have forgotten about that are much worse then the ones that I blame on you. The definition of blame is to verb "To find fault with", noun "The state of being responsible for a fault or error". So I for one believe that maybe I/we should stop using the verb to blame others and start using the noun to admit that we ourselves are at least partially responsible. Hopefully for others this will not take as much heartache, pain, and suffering that it has caused me and others that I am or once was close to to realize.

Good Luck, God Bless, and Be Safe Out There,
Steve