This Saturday morning

Well for the moment it is sunny which makes me really happy. Got up late this morning... 6:30. Normally I am up at 5am so this is late for me. Made my tea and came up here to look at email and such. This morning I am going to organize notes and prior tests I have taken to start studying for my written end test(s).
My book is back in the hands of my editor and I will see it one more time before it goes to print.
I am going to have a photo shoot with Patrisha McLean, who is a great b&w photographer and wife of songwriter Don McLean, who wrote 'American Pie'. You can see her work on the web by just typing in her name.
In between studying which I feel is all I do right now except when I have my manuscript back. I try to get knitting in and reading or research. Right now I am reading on my Kindle "Casting Off" by Nicole R. Dickson. I'm actually re-reading it and love. Then I am also reading the third in a series by Pamela Kaufman "The Prince of Poison". The first two in the series are "Shield of Three Lions" & "Banners of Gold". Two books are waiting, well no three... "Shadows of a Down East Summer" by local author Lea Wait. "Don't Worry, Mother" An Innocent Abroad on the Eve of War. By another local author Ann Morris and then "Here be Dragons" by Sharon Kay Penman. So maybe I will get them read but I know within the month I will have my book back for a final peek. Then it will get printed and become official. Also by then I will be done with FF 1 & 2.
It seems when things are so busy and there is an area of uncertain I gravitate back to books and or hobbies that bring me comfort. I love to knit but right at the moment I don't have the time for cranking out hats ,one a week or reading a book in a couple of days but at least I am finding the time to balance my self out so I don't burn out before I finish my classes.
With Fire Fighting and even in just my classes and training I'm maxed out physically and then I run at least 4 or 5 times a week. Last week I suffered a few more bumps and bruises from class and it took me a while to recover . This next week will be three nights of class and or training... Monday night will be cold water rescue. I have a feeling I will be Donning gear to take the plunge. Last time I just manned the lines. The next Monday will be Pump Operating with Bob as Instructor. Normally I wouldn't go BUT I want to just get the instruction for the hoses and tools that I might encounter on a call or on my end test. Then the following Monday will be Search and Rescue... I can picture my instructor and Assistant Chief doing entrapments. This will not be pleasant for me though I will be with a partner, (I hope). They usually lower wires like would happen if a ceiling fell on you. We will be in full turn out gear and with our air packs, crawling around in the freaking dark or have something over our mask. Bob purchased me Lineman cutters to keep in my gear. He assured me that any wires I may encounter in training and or the test wouldn't be live. In a real situation even then the wires will be phone and cable, nothing of any substance and the most that would happen is my cutters would get broken. It will be kinda of nerve wracking because if we have to activate the PASS device like in a real life situation, well that thing is so loud... So we will see.
So to say in the next two months I have a lot going on is an understatement. I told my class that when we finish our end test and if we pass I will provide Petron shots for those of us who are old enough to celebrate. We have just one in class who isn't. Then Bob said "And Mary wants to go out for drinks after." Since I don't drink much for fear we will get a call BUT I am planning and told Bob I plan on not going out for any calls that night...
Have a great day!