FireMike

The last 96hours have been a big ball of emotions for me, and have lead to both exciting and intimidating news. It all began on Sunday evening when I was speaking to a friend of mine who wanted to know what a good fat burner was he could take. I do not believe in fat burners but there is only 1 I would ever take if I was to use them again. I told him what it was and where he could get it, thinking he lived in Cleveland still I offered to pick it up for him because there is only one place I know of to get it and that’s in Akron. He told me he had moved a few weeks ago to Memphis, TN to take a job with FD. After I got off the phone with him I really began thinking, he’s a guy who has been a medic and fireman far shorter than I. I have more experience and honestly believe I am a superior paramedic to him, yet I sit in Ohio letting my knowledge and skills go to waste. That evening I also learned that hours were being cut back and overtime was no longer available. Great… I just got caught up now im not gonna have enough coming in again. Late that night my good friend Tom called me, he is a paramedic in Brunswick County, NC just slightly north of Myrtle Beach, SC. He has been pushing for me to come down there for 2 years. Last year, I did, I interviewed, I got a formal job offer, and I turned it down bc I didn’t wanna leave my kids. Well I can barely support myself here in Ohio after I pay my child support. I asked Tom what the medic situation looked like in surrounding areas of where he lives. He said everywhere needed medics in a bad way, then said but why are you asking about other areas when we need about 10 medics. My reply, I turned the job offer down last year. His reply, for a very honorable reason, call and talk to county operations director. I did on Monday morning, he said I wanted you a year ago, of course I still want you, but you need to prove how serious you are now, can you be down here on april 24 for physical and practical testing? Yes I can. So I started looking up flights into Wilmington NC, round trip very affordable ($185) Then I get to thinking, what is gonna keep me from coming back and changing my mind again??? I know, liquidate all my stuff other than my clothes and drive down there and not come back… So that’s what Im gonnna do. I leave Tuesday April 22nd and will arrive early morning Weds the 23rd. The first thing I do sleep, but when I get up, go get my Golds Gym membership and in the process maybe talk them into giving me a part time job. That would be nice. Anyway, yes im moving, no im not coming back to do my show. The plan: stay lean thru summer, maybe gain 5 to 10lbs of lean mass then find a show in late October to do down there. This is a great opportunity and a risk, makes for a great movie plot. Im very excited on multiple levels, yet scared. I only know two people down there, my family will be 800 miles away, my kids will be 800 miles away… But at what point do we think beyond what you feel is best for everyone else, and put our own well being first? NOW is the time for me, I wanna do more for kids, I don’t wanna be so tired I can’t stay awake when I see them. Im tired of their mom getting to do all the fun stuff with them, and me not being able to afford to do anything with them. I wanna be great for them, so they will have drive to be great themselves. I wanna show them not to be afraid of chance or risks, because if you fall you just dust yourself off and get back at it. This is also gonna push me to a new level of training, im gonna live with minimum necessities, a bed, a chair or couch, a pan, a pot, and stereo, that about it for a while….Im gonna live animalistic, im gonna become more physically, mentally, and spiritually. With all this said after next week it maybe a while before I get back on here, as Im not gonna have a PC for a few months, but know im training hard, im pushing myself to new levels and I will be back on soon, bigger, leaner, stronger. STRENGTH & HONOR ALWAYS:

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