Meeting with the Coroner

I stayed in Pullman today to meet with the coroner. I was able to go to the Pullman Fire meeting to talk about doing our sports events at WSU. I was able to sign up for a good place at the stadium for the first game on September first. It looks like I may not be able to go see many games in my seat that I paid for. But I was a little worried about the status of my seniority. When we went down the list Phil started with the crew leaders then he went to me. So, I hope people remember that.

After that meeting I went to Colfax and met with Pete. We talked about the coroners office and the upcoming changes. I made my case talking about it will not cost more for training and equipping me. It will only cost him for me what it would cost for him to have Patti. There will be no additional cost of having me. I reminding him how important this job is to me. I reminding him my dedication of driving back and forth week after week for fourteen months. I told him some ways we could save money. It is sounding more that I will not lose my job. He was sort of testing me to see how I would react when he told me that. To see if I would say, fine, I will not work for less money. Or if I would come up with ways to cut costs.

I also told him to include me when him or Patti get calls. I would go out unpaid for a while to get more experience with those who have more experience. I want to be better.

After the meeting I went to Colfax fire for a few minutes at talked to Rick who was filling in for Carl again. I was only there for about fifteen minutes. It was getting late and I figured I would go home and get some sleep before I had to be up at six o’clock in the morning to get to work.

I got home and actually just sat around for a while. I cleaned up some of the trash that was dumped over by a dog. Then I watched TV. I just did not feel like going to bed. Finally, at midnight I went to bed. I was in bed for about forty minutes tossing and turning. It was too warm and I was not tired. So I packed my truck and headed to Seattle.

I ended up going straight to work. I got there at about four-forty-five in the morning.