Lazy Sunday

Today I have a free schedule, mostly. On the first day they gave us the option to join a specialized unit called a fuel reduction team. Their job is to go through the forests and mountains, digging barrier trenches and clearing out small dry material which would fuel larger forest fires. They spend most of the time outside, have much more intense physical training, and are exempt from a few of the things other teams have to do. They also get a lot of training and certifications that would be difficult and expensive otherwise. Oh, and they also start smaller, controlled fires to prevent larger uncontrolled ones. That's pretty awesome. They have to pass the 'pack' test: carrying a 45 lb pack 3 miles in 45 minutes. It sounded pretty awesome, so I signed up.

But I started having second thoughts: the FRTs don't stray too far, since we're already so close to the biggest danger zones for fires. That mean's I'd be missing out on the opportunity to go all over the country. They spend the whole time doing the same thing, which means I wouldn't get the wide variety of experiences. They don't respond to disasters, and don't go to the gulf. I'd be missing out on a lot of stuff. So NOT doing FRT sounds pretty awesome, too. And I have to decide by 1 oclock whether or not to take the test and get locked into it.

I'm so bad with making this sort of decision. I know that whichever one I choose, I'll constantly be wondering if the other choice would have been better. That's why I'm leaving it up to fate: Time to flip a coin. That way I can't blame myself for the decision.