Sunday, September 30, 2007

What I feel like


Well its been a whole 8 hours since mom and dad left and I am all alone watching Olivia. I am sitting here wishing my whole family was back from Texas and as I sat here I had a though....
My new Mac has a built in video/camera and I remembered I can take a picture of myself with it to show you guys what I feel like right now during the nose surgery recovery.
As you can see in the picture my nose is still a bit crooked but in a few days it should be all clear and well worth the congestion I feel right now.
Anyhow this picture is to show you exactly how I feel right now....... well maybe I feel a little worse that it looks... you know pictures just dont do it justice sometimes!

Journal Transition

This is the first entry into the new journal format I will be using. Hopefully this will encourage me to write more about my life and thoughts. 
Right now Anissa and Robyn and Landon are in Texas celebrating Anissa's Grandmother Bonnie's 90th Birthday. My mom and dad have been staying here for the past few days to help me watch Olivia and to help me recover from my nose surgery (nasal Septoplasty). Anissa gets here on Monday and I'm looking forward to having her home again. 

I am trying to get everything lined up to start a masters degree in history on November 5th. I'm kind of nervous about the time requirements of being a student again but I think in the long run this will be well worth it. I love history and it will be great to have a masters degree to possibly teach in the future. 

Well... I look forward to writing more later... until next time thanks for taking the time to read and to get to know me and my life a bit more. 

Friday, July 20, 2007

Answer to the Poll


Time to find out the answer to my poll question. The question was "True or False: When I lived in Bolivia... did I ever eat a snake?"

Well are you ready.... (drum roll)......the answer is .... (drum roll again)........ Big Fat NOOOOOOOOOO! Although it seems likely that I would be given the opportunity to eat such a beast in that far removed place in the world, I would never ever...ever.... take it. I hate snakes and hesitate to even touch such a foul thing. I cant even imagine what it would be like to place a piece of snake in my mouth.

Well now you know a little bit more about me. I hate snakes and have not ever eaten one. Stay tuned for the next poll question.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Answer the Question each week...


Each week you can answer the poll question at the bottom of the blog to see how well you know me. If you get it right you will gain my trust and improve our friendship, If you get it wrong you will learn more about me and lose the opportunity to ever be my friend again... good luck!

Monday, July 9, 2007

Common Sense


So a call comes out....

"1a53 (thats me), we have a camper on fire at Main and Stapley. Unknown if the
trailer has occupants."
I turn on my lights and sirens and speed my way over to the incident... As I arrive dispatch tells me there are no occupants in the trailer...

My training officer turns and says...
"ok Nik, what steps do you need to take on this type of call...?"

I answer back....
"well first thing to do is take a picture!"

That of course is the correct answer! After taking the picture I blocked traffic and created a safe area for fire trucks to arrive and extinguish the fire. Remember... its 3:00 in the morning so I have some slack to play with... plus its not like I was going to slow down the fire or save the trailer without the fire department. My trainer likes the mentality.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Tales From the Crypt.....


On June 20th I was dispatched to a call at a trailer park regarding a possible residential burglary, the call was delayed so I arrived just before midnight.

I knocked and waited at the door of an old trailer home without any street lights in the area. It was dark and kind of creepy imagining all the movies I have seen where bad things happen in those settings. Eventually the door creeped open and with all the lights still off I saw a hand emerge slowly but surely from the darkness... the hand was trembling as it came out into the dim moonlight outside. I turned on my flashlight and stepped into the doorway anticipating an old person (observation of the hand) and what I saw was what you see in the picture. A 100 year plus looking old man who looked just like he awoke from the dead. His eyes appeared to have several weeks worth buildup of sleeping dust and he hunched over and made slow deliberate moves like the zombies we all know from movies. He smelled of urine and BO and stood there at the door in the darkness of his home in only his underwear.

After all was said and done and I had completed my investigation of his claims (supposedly he was robbed at gunpoint by two girls ages 15 and 5) I determined he was a crazy old man that had no truth to his story. In order to determine this I ended up waking up (remember its past midnight at this point) two other neighbors.

The third trailer home I went into, to get the last piece of the puzzle I was investigating, took me to a trailer that had a 5 yr old boy and 10 yr old girl come to the door wide awake. I asked them if they were always awake so late on a week night... they said yes and told me their aunt was home and awake as well. I asked to speak to her and they told me I would have to come in because she couldn't walk. So I entered the trailer home and made my way to the back where there was a single room with a bed in the middle and on the bed was a very large woman who could not get up due to her extremely big size and the smallness of the trailer home. She helped me positively determine the craziness of the old man and she helped contribute to fun of that call.


Thursday, June 21, 2007

Mesa Oh Mesa....


Well after working two months on the streets of Mesa, I decided it would be fun to start sharing some of the stories I live through while having a place to save journal entries at the same time. The people I have met and the craziness I have seen can be represented by the picture attached to this post.... All I can say is the people on Jerry Springer are real and they are going to be fun to write about!


Enjoy the stories and feel free to comment and advise of anything I can add to this site.