The ongoing quest for a worthwhile project that is not farm related has new & exciting material. I have started a thread on the private forum which you can get to by clickee clickee HERE. That assumes you have registered and been approved.

Oh, while I’m on that subject I got a curious email requesting a username but I didn’t recognize the address nor have I gotten a response to my reply asking for the person’s real name. If you have a spouse or friend trying to sign up, please just shoot me a message with some personal details so I know who it is. If it was a spam bot it was a very crafty one.

The other thing I have rattling around in my skull is a desire to go back to school or at least improve my skill set. Some of you may know that for several years I was a certified Emergeny Medical Technician, or an EMT. After I complete the basic course, I continued the clinical time and course material to expand my capabilities first to EMT Intermediate (EMT-I) then added the Wilderness module which encompassed backcountry Search & Rescue and care for patients who were more than an hour away from a hospital or other definative medical care. That was pretty cool by my standards.

Now there is coming a new EMT training module, the EMT Tactical. This marries two things I am pretty good at, practicing emergency medicine in unusual places with unusual complications and shooting.  EMT-T addresses the problems facing medics in dangerous mass casualty situations such as Active Shooters. Instead if waiting outside the perimeter until the area is secure an EMT-T can go into a threat area with the law enforcement or security entry teams because that specific training  allows them to defend themselves or others, address threats directly and attend to casualties. Could that be more tailor made for me?

As long as there is no stringent physical fitness requirement I should be good for it. My strength and mobility are very limited, but since my serious health issues seem under control I may attempt some exercise to build my strength and endurance. Still, even in the shape I am now I think I can out run or out fight quite a few EMTs I’ve seen around.

It is moot anyway since I’m not going to be applying to work in law enforcement ever again, and I am still struggling with reading, spatial orientation and short term memory, but it is a damned attractive skill set that I must acquire. It’s just one of my many personality quirks that make me the hit of every high society function.