Yet A(nother) Year In Seattle Sunday – January 3, 2066 – Belated Celebration One of the advantages of being a medic is the fact that a lot of your friends are medics, and if they don’t keep the same hours as you do, they at least understand your hours. It’s why our New Year’s Celebration […]
Read More Yet A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 02 – The more things changeYet A(nother) Year In Seattle Friday – January 1, 2066 – Turning over a new Leaf Remind me never to volunteer to work New Year’s Eve. I’m pretty sure I say that every January 1st, or the 2nd when I finally wake up and am functioning like a normal human being. New Year’s Eve in […]
Read More Yet A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 1 – A short WeekA(nother) Year In Seattle Sunday – February 15, 2060 – Crossings The train kept grinding through the night with the rhythmic clatter of the wheels on the tracks. I wonder how many countless millions of people that sound has lulled to sleep… sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever sleep again. I pushed so hard to […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 34 – The Long RoadA(nother) Year In Seattle Sunday – January 4, 2060 – Give me just a little time Case took me down to the chapel today. I think he’s going to help me through this whether I want to or not. Lord knows, I didn’t want to go to mass. I didn’t want to be anywhere near […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 28 – A new pathA(nother) Year in Seattle Sunday – December 14, 2059 – Scheduling Mayhem I spent the morning working out the schedule for the rest of the holiday season. We needed to cover the holiday caseloads and still keep our people fresh. I matched up people’s holiday requests and tried to make it work. It took me […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 25 – Into the AbyssA(nother) Year in Seattle Sunday – December 7, 2059 – Football duty. Well, I was supposed to have the day off… Unfortunately, some of the guys scheduled to work today’s football game were caught in a brawl yesterday and weren’t in the best of shape. So I got to sit with the ambulance crew in […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 24 – Holiday CountdownA(nother) Year in Seattle Sunday – November 30, 2059 – Trouble This morning started with a phone call. I was still half asleep when Case picked up the phone and headed into the other room. We’ve gotten so many of those calls we don’t even worry about it, but this call wasn’t like the rest. […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 23 – Finding Answers UndergroundA(nother) Year in Seattle Sunday – November 23, 2059 – Back Home We spent a lazy day on Council Island before finally heading home. On the way home I filled Case in on what had happened while he was gone. When I told him about the drugging and everything that happened with Bri, I could […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 22 – Holiday MadnessA(nother) Year in Seattle Sunday – November 16, 2059 – Heart of the fire Fire, burns, smoke inhalation, heat prostration, sheer exhaustion– we had it all… and tons of it. I rode in last night. There was no worry about not finding the fire, it lit up the night sky drawing us all to it. […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 21 – Finding My WayA(nother) Year in Seattle Sunday – November 9, 2059 – Message to Bri Today I at least got to send Bri my message– compliments of one new news anchor. When Therese found out what had happened, she made sure they covered the story. She was very careful not to do anything controversial or accusatory– just […]
Read More A(nother) Year in Seattle – Week 20 – Taking Control