You know you have been a dispatcher too long when...

10. You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac and/or birth control over certain parts of your city.

9. Your idea of a good night involves someone getting shot, chased or dismembered.

8. You can carry on more than 4 conversations simulaneously.

7. You have a long term telephonic relationship with one or more paranoid, schizophrenic, PTSD suffering people in your jurisdiction.

6. You have forgotten what its like to actually eat a warm meal.

5. You find humor in other people’s misery.

4. You hear a fire engine or police car go screaming past your house and you wonder not what’s happening, but who’s going.

3. You can resume a conversation with co-workers 4 hours later, in mid-sentence, and everyone knows what you are talking about.

2. You have no idea what a holiday is, other than its the day when everyone gts drunk and beats up their family members.

1. You truly believe that stupidity should be painful!!!

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON HERE. I THOUGHT I WOULD CATCH EVERYONE UP ON WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. DECEMBER 12, 2006 I GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE WITH MY BS IN CRIMINOLOGY. IT WAS A EXTREMELY LONG CEREMONY BUT IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE MY GRANDPARENTS HERE FROM VIRGINIA. WELL NO THERE IS NO SPECIAL MAN IN MY LIFE WHICH IS FOR THE BEST. I WENT THROUGH SOME BULLSHIT WITH A MALE AT THE END OF DECEMBER FIRST OF JANUARY THAT I CAN NEVER FORGIVE HIM FOR! IT WAS JUST HORRIBLE! EVERYTHING IS GOING BETTER FOR ME NOW. I AM WORKING A LOT OF HOURS BECAUSE WE ARE STILL SHORT HANDED. HOPEFUL BY FEB 10, 2007 THINGS WILL START LOOKING UP TO US. YES WE ARE GETTING THE POSITIONS FILLED! I AM GOING TO MISS THE OVERTIME BUT I AM GOING TO ENJOY HAVING TWO DAYS OFF A WEEK!

JOHN IS DOING WELL. WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT WITH HIM. NOT EATING EATING FRENCH FRIES ONLY POTATO CHIPS ONLY! NOW HE IS EATING FRENCH FRIES, POTATO CHIPS, AND ANYTHING THAT CONTAINS CHEESE! THAT EVEN IS GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES, MAC AND CHEESE, CHEESE SLICES, AS I SAID ANYTHING WITH CHEESE.

BESIDES WORK AND MORE WORK THERE IS NOT A LOT GOING ON. I DO HAVE SOME NEWS.....I AM MOVING. I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN AND WHERE AS SOON AS I KNOW FOR SURE! I AM SO EXCITED HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT APARTMENTS SO THAT I CAN HAVE WASHER AND DRYER CONNECTIONS....TIRED OF LOADING UP THE CLOTHES AND GOING TO THE LAUNDRY MAT! IT IS JUST HORRIBLE.....JUST LIKE WHAT I WILL BE DOING TOMORROW.

WELL THIS PRETTY MUCH CATCHES EVERYTHING UP TO DATE. I WILL TALK MORE WHEN I GET THE CHANCE!