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Uninspired.

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For months I have struggled to keep this blog alive. I have posts inside me. I have posts started. I just can’t muster them out. This is really the way a big chunk of my life is going. I am incredibly happy with my wife and son, but something is amiss.

I am often distracted, barely able to pay attention to the simplest of things. Medically, I am an undiagnosed ball of annoying symptoms–not debilitating but the sum of them is wearing me–and my family–out.  I stugle to be the man I promised my wife I would be, while being a father I respect and a paramedic I would trust.

That is all I want–to be a good husband, father, and paramedic. Just like the subtitle to my blog. That is me. There is little more to me than those three things. Sure, I am a son, a brother, a friend. But the sum of these three things defines the man I am today.  Yet I find myself uninspired. I have an amazing wife, an adorable 1 year old son and a job I love doing and I am just uninspired. When I get home, I kiss my wife, hug my son, and go to bed. I fail miserably at sleeping all day and then repeat the cycle.

I make goals–to work out, eat better, spend wiser, study harder–yet I never follow through with any of them. I set these goals again and again and I always end up where I started. Uninspired.

I have the desire to move past all of this, but I just need the right push? What will that push be?

Stuck in mud.

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As you might have noticed I haven’t posted a great deal lately. Over the last few months I have tried to cut back on overtime since I felt like I was missing a huge chunk of my little guy’s life. The drawback is that created financial stress on my wife and I that added a whole different problem.

That being said, work just hasn’t been that exciting lately. I haven’t had a “good” call in weeks. Run of the mill, drunks, flunks and morons occupy most of my nights. The last 4 shifts have had a total of 5 calls for our crew, which is wayyyyy below the norm. Sometimes the break is nice, but it really leads to boredom. I’ve attempted to write several posts and I seem to get stuck about halfway through every time.

For one I feel like my head is clouded all the time. Do I have ADD? Maybe. Something really messes with my focus and has for years. I get stuck in a pattern that just repeats and repeats and repeats. Well…. I’m doing what I can to stop this cycle. First, my wife and I are starting back up on P90x. I plan to make a quick post about it everyday, but using the recent past of medicthree.com might make it easy to realize I will likely fail at this.

Second, my wife and I are going to talk with someone about our budget, and more importantly our debt. The combination of several horrible financial decisions, in combination with several piss poor decisions in college have left us in a heap of debt. Almost enough to buy a decent house.  We’ve decided we can not handle ignoring this any more and it is time to do something about it before we set this as an example for Asher. Admitting this to myself was hard. Admitting this to you all was next to impossible and in the even that I hit “publish” with this intact, don’t judge me too strongly…

The last year has been tough on Mrs. Medicthree and I. Our marriage is stronger than ever, but so many changes–my jobs, her job, having a son, moving, moving again, being broke, being really broke, and the list goes on–will take a toll on any relationship. Without her, I couldn’t have done any of this. I wouldn’t be able to do the job I do. Coming home to her and Asher is what makes my day. Work is just work. Coming home is my life and all I really care about. I know I don’t get to tell her this enough, but it really is.

If you follow me on twitter you might have seen that I went deer hunting in November. I got both my Buck and a Doe. My Whitetail buck was by far the best deer I’ve ever shot. At 7×7 it isn’t huge by whitetail standards, but considering he was shot smack in the middle of Mule Deer country makes it pretty impressive to me. I convinced the Mrs. to let me get it mounted(European style) and I’m damn excited about that.

Anyways, enough of my worthless ramblings. It is breakfast time here in the land of M3. Lets see if I can accomplish something worth posting about in the next few days.

Thanksgiving

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Happy Thanksgiving, friends. I hope to have a post for you later today so please check back when your done in turkey town!

What they don't tell you…

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When I first thought about getting into EMS I didn’t really know anyone in the field. I originally took the EMT-B course in 2003 during my freshman year of college. I didn’t try very hard, and ended up not bothering to take the NREMT exam. I spent some time working various political campaigns, moved a few thousand miles, and never looked back…

Until I did.

I looked back. Over, and over, and over. I couldn’t stop. Something about EMS just caught my eye. Not really “glory”. Because honestly, there isn’t much. EMT instructors are notorious for being negative. They always make everything seem sooooo bad. Something about people in this field leads to trying to make this career seem like it is the worst thing ever.

Honestly, while this career can be challenging–it ain’t that bad.

But what they DON’T tell you is just how boring it can be. How challenging your partners can be. How frustrating patients can be. How heartbreaking the “easy” calls can be. How hard it can be on your family. How much it changes you. Sure–people try. The old, rusty, haggard medic always tries to tell you these things… but there is no way to really figure it out until you are out here, on your own.

When new EMTs walk through our door and want the “truth” all I say is…. “hop in and see. Your perception of my world is going to be completely different that what I tell you. Jump in the seat and see how it feels. You’ll know after one or two calls whether you want this or not. But you HAVE to WANT it to keep going. When you stop wanting it–get the fuck out”.

So… To my readers–When you don’t want it anymore–move on. Shit happens, life goes on, and there are lots of different ways to make a buck–most of them easier.

Godspeed, all. Missed ya!

Um… Yeah….

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So, It has been rather apparent that I can’t make my mind up. At all.

In the past 6 months I have:

  • Abandoned MedicThree.com
  • Started and abandoned glutenfreedad.com(no longer hosted)
  • Started and flopped on courtesyshock.com(still up)
  • Started, but done nothing with medicdad.com
  • And now I am back with medicthree.com. Format might be a little different, as you can see, but back I am. I have new motivation for some posts, and my fears of exposure are all but gone. A few people
    here know me in real life. One of them is one of my supervisors–but, if I can’t trust her… I’m in a world of hurt anyways!

Anyways… I assure you that by the end of the night there will be an ACTUAL POST HERE…

So… Let me know how things are going! What do you think?!?!?

Whattaya Think?

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So… If you haven’t heard I haven’t been around lately. I have 3 blogs up and running and I can’t decide which I like. Here, medicdad.com, or courtesyshock.com  I had thought of abandoning MedicThree.com for many reasons… But now I’m not so concerned. I’d hate to try and find all that traffic all over, but I’m not sure which to keep..

So, dear readers… I ask you, which should I focus on?

Caffeine

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I have an addiction. No, I’m not lucky enough to be addicted to Narcs or booze. Nope, I don’t get high or zonk out on xanex. 

I am addicted–dependent–on caffeine. I drink more Mt. Dew, Vault, and Coke than any person should.  Just ask my dentist! He “acts” all concerned… but considering the checks I write him, I’m sure he’ll sleep just fine. 
I have even started chewing “Jolt Caffeinated Gum”.  I love it. It kinda has this peppery(I LOVE PEPPER!(as in black pepper–my meals are covered in it!)) taste at first. In the morning it makes my lips tingly.
I have a problem. 
I want to cut back–or eliminate it–but honestly… I’m not sure I can roll out of bed at 3 am for a call and not grab a soda(pop) for the road.
Time will tell. 

There is something in the air…

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Wait…. Oh! I figured it out! Its a GOD DAMN BLIZZARD….  Mark your bets friends…. I feel it coming…

I resume call at 0600–merely 5.5 hours away. 168 hours of on call goodness. 
Let the morons-on-ice car bowling begin…
Godspeed–keep your head up, your eyes open, and your ears alert.
Be safe–ya ain’t gonna save any lives bein dead now, are ya?
FYI, I have been informed that I am likely going to hell by placing bets on the first weather related accident of the year…  I say I gain points for ways to counteract the nightmare bank that they will inevitably contribute to. 

The Saga Continues…

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I’m still alive… Don’t you worry. My weekend off was busy as usual and I just haven’t had much to blog about lately–other than my Dell Mini. I’ve fallen in love with this little thing…. I’m more addicted to it that my BlackBerry!

I just went back on call today at 0600 through next Tuesday at 0600. It has been horibly slow as of late–our service has had 7 calls in 11 days. I know that now that I have said that alloud I am bound to be hit back to back through next week. 
While being slow is good–because people aren’t getting sick/abusing the EMS system, I can only surf the internet so much before I hit the END, again
Life goes on, I guess…. Any suggestions for classes for me to take? I’m considering FP-C. Are there any others worthwile?