brazyn

so...took my pack test for firefighting yesterday and PASSED! i finished the three miles in 42 minutes and 40 seconds (you get 45 minutes to do it). it wasn't easy by any means, but i did it!

so how stoked am i? extremely. now that i've passed the pack test and done all the training i am officially a wildland firefighter

tomorrow i'm going in to fill out my paperwork and bug them to send me out, and hopefully i'll be on a fire by midway through the week. this is all so exciting for me...i'm a little nervous but mostly just happy that i'm going to be out in the nature, working hard, making good money, and getting into shape. gonna be tough though....

on a less happy note, i woke up yesterday morning for my pack test and had a sore throat and a bit of a cough. lucky for me it has now developed into a full on cold...great timing, right? thanks body, thanks for that. i've been taking that airborne stuff that every single mom ever swears by and drinking lots of water (okay and some alcohol but come on it's the weekend!). so hopefully i'll get over this quick so i can get out on the fireline.

anyway just had to share my good news