Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day, especially to all the CHP moms. It takes a lot to be a CHP mom. 

Wow, I can't believe it has been nearly a month since I've posted. B. survived Phase I of Break In. There is so much information thrown at them. Learning your area is one of the biggest things during Break In. B. would spend every available moment driving his beats. We had even spent Sunday afternoons as a family driving around. The girls would have a DVD playing and he would tell me where a beat started and where it ended. He had also gone out to drive after the girls and I went to bed. He said driving at night is a totally different beast.

B. downloaded the P. Scanner + app on my phone so I could listen to the CHP scanner in our area. I need a 10 and 11 code cheat sheet to understand all the scanner traffic. It was very cool to listen to. I even heard B. on the scanner one day. 

After learning your area, developing your radio ear was the next big thing. For me listening to the scanner on and off took a lot of concentration, let alone hearing it for 12 hours. I noticed the cadets at the Academy are now wearing radios. It's great that they are getting a jump start on that. 

We are five days into Phase II and said goodbye to day shift. B. went onto weekend graveyard. He leaves the house around 4:15 pm and comes home around 7:30 am. Having a three year old is not condusive to a graveyard schedule. When she is awake everyone is awake. There was a line in the movie, Frozen that describes #2. "The sky's awake, so I'm awake." She will not let her Papa sleep, so we have decided to pack up for the weekend and stay at my parents. It allows B. uninterrupted sleep and the girls get to see their grandparents. 

This weekend was the first of many missed holidays and parties due to the CHP life we live now. B. missed our nephews first birthday. The girls told their Papa all about it. We planned to go out for Mother's Day, but he was beat when he got home. We ended up having McDonald's drive thru for breakfast. It didn't bother me as long as we we're together. 

I think that's all for now. CTC I-14, you're almost there. You're in the homestretch. The last ten weeks are going to fly by. 

As always, please feel free to contact me through my email: amynoellemaia@gmail.com

Thank you for reading!