"I've been having a little vertigo lately."

April 12, 2010

Today was my scheduled "Day 2" of inservice at the police academy.  Day 2 is supposedly the fun day, the tactical portion.  Frankly, for me, this always makes me nervous.  I have no problem doing any portion of my job out on the street, but when I have to pretend and act stuff out in front of my peers, well, it just stresses me out.

The first part of the day was sitting in classes, no big deal.  When we break for lunch, I decide to go back to the scene of the crime and eat at Penn Station.  I order the exact same meal I had on Saturday.  I'm just sure I will taste the drink and artichokes this time. 

Not so much....tongue is still numb, I'm a little wobbly on occasion still and the artichokes have no taste!  What else could go wrong today??  Oh, yeah...I still have to go shoot guns and tasers.  Back to the academy, I go.

My group first goes to the precision shooting stage.  No problem there, shoot targets with lasers and practice clearing rooms.  The group goes downstairs and the first thing we do is get our heart rate up by hitting some punching bags.  I'm diggin' it...I do enjoy hitting things.  Next I have to go to the shotgun portion.  As I grab the shotgun and begin to load it (fake ammo, everyone will be happy to know), I bend down to pick up a few of the shells.  When I stand up, the room completely spins around and I end upon my back.  Thankfully, one of the instructors grabbed the gun.  As I'm laying there, I think, "Well, this is new."  So I say outloud, "I've been having a little vertigo lately.  I guess I better go to the doctor."  Then I hear the Sgt say, "At least it happened here and not out on the street."  That's a scary thought.

My appointment is the 15th at 2:45PM.