2 down...

Today was a good day... PT aside, it was a good hard physical day. Hooked up with another class doing interior search and rescue and today was like being back home doing drills with Darin.
Our instructor switched it up this morning.. so the fact that I had my brain straight for what to expect flew out the window. But I had a brief moment of personal pride. As with most women in the fire service, we tend to lack on the upper body strength. I've never made excuses for that, and dont tolerate other women who do. If you want the job, then get into the gym and pump iron til you can. For all the CPAT's I've taken.. it is usually the hose hoist that eats my time. When I took the test for Dekalb it was like the others in that it really ate into my time.
In the middle of running the tower with the hose roll, Instructor S. had us stop off at the 5th floor and pull the hose. I pulled it without pausing and without that much difficulty. It was just a brief moment of "yea!" for me.
Did 3 evolutions with the group... the maze, disoriented ff, and a team search. I truly miss being all hot and sweaty in my gear, pushing myself...
I had a brain fart during one of the evolutions... LOL.. my old LT would have bopped my on the head. In the middle of the maze I was being hollered at to disconnect my regulator. I pulled off my one glove since my hood was over the regulator. Yeah.. I know. Just a brain fart. Had to re-do the maze.
Took a couple layers of skin off my knees but it's all good. I'm not sure what we're doing tomorrow... something in the burn building.
I am so looking forward to being back out in the field. 10 more days.