Well, I started school again with my final senior year (thank God!) and over the Summer while I was working at my mom's restaurant, there was a day where one of our customer's mother had a stress attack as she was helping plan her son's wedding which was affecting her heart. Anyway, the Fire Dept. came and I saw that one of the crew members was a former track teammate! I was so excited that instead of saying hi, I happily said "What are you waiting for? Go do your job." It had been her dream and I was watching her living it. Right then and there I decided that I wanted to shift my career from film-making to firefighting.

My cousin just finished his firefighting training and got a job a couple of counties away from me. I've always wanted a really physical job and the way I see it, I could always go back to film-making if I want to. It's one of those careers you can do at any age really. My cousin had to take paramedic training as well, so even if I don't make it, I can become a paramedic if I want to.

Anyway, I'm going into this program called Explorers, a program where I work one weekend every week or someone told me at night (not sure which) at a firehouse doing mainly menial jobs like checking equipment etc. but I also get to participate in the drills as well. It sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun!! Then after I graduate, I'm going to firefighting acadamy in junior college so I can become a firefighting. There, they fight real fighters that are set up as simulations but dangerous none-of-the-less. So as I'm anxious to start, I believe that I will be able to succeed.