Introduce Yourself

Hello 👋.

I'm super excited about this page and being included as a Badass Betch. Let's see whatcha wanna know? I am 55 and while I am not embarrassed by my age, I hate that because of it, my body is choosing to take me on the unpleasant ride I call the CrazyTrain. I have been given unlimited season passes and to be quite honest, I'd rather, just, not. I have yet to actually be diagnosed that I am in Menopause but my need for three fans at night and a desk fan at work and my adjustable mood meter tells me that this train has left the station and we have no idea when it's gonna end. Yay me.

Soooo there's that but on a hopefully more interesting level, let's move on. I still work full time as a police dispatcher and have done this for 20+ years, I do hope to retire in 5. I love my job and believe that it is my calling. I also have my own podcast called Digitally Dispatched where I talk about calls I have taken. My goal with the podcast is to share stories and educate people on what to expect if they have to call 911. Also through my job, I was asked to team up with one of my Sgts who teaches officers all over about CIT (Critical Incident Team). This is all mental health based where he teaches all the cops and I help him teach dispatchers. We talk about how to handle callers who are mentally ill, possibly having a break, suicidal callers and how we, as dispatchers, deal with scary critical incident calls and how to take care of our own mental health.. We are trying to break the stigma of asking for help when and if we need it.

Whoa, that went longer than I meant to... but I'm a bit of a chatty Cathy and tend to be quite wordy, so if you're still reading, thank you.

To round things out, I am happily unmarried (divorced many years ago), no kidlettes, and I live with my pup, who will be 7 soon, his name is Capt Jack Crunchy Beard of the York Shire and he is my peaceful place as I roll on the Crazy Train. We live in Missouri where the weather is very temperamental and currently the temperature is upper 90s and so humid it can make a menopausal woman homicidal. I have an RV that is set up about 2 hours from here where Jack and I can escape to and we truly love it there. I have thought of living there when I retire, we'll see.

So that's about it, feel free to ask questions if you want to know more and thanks for sticking with me.

I've included a pic of both Jack and me. 😊 Nice to meet you.