Should I transfer?

So I slept a whole bunch this weekend, and really needed it. I had a very nice time on Saturday at the baby shower and took some pic's but did not have a chance to get them off my camera yet; I will do so shortly. My lawyer and I both agreed it was great to see each other at an enjoyable event instead of in court all the time when we are always on edge. I got to meet her sister and mom and we all ate a whole bunch and the only bad thing was playing those stupid baby shower games that I am just over! Anyway...

Yesterday DH and I slept in since he actually, amazingly, had the day off. Unfortunately we did not find this out until Saturday and I had already made plans to patrol with Mudflap. Still, I had to get some hours in for the month anyway, so there was no changing that. Mudflap and I went down to the park where we saw 3 Parks units working, so we called the Sgt. and he told us to come up to district as they were short-handed and could use our help. We handled a bunch of calls, 9 in all (which believe me, is a lot), and I wrote my first report ever, a burglary of a residence! But I got chewed out a couple of times, although once was Mudflap's fault. My Sgt. called me later and said he got a call/complaint about me too. What it was, was I didn't go over the radio using a phonetic, i.e., saying the word "Robert" instead of the letter "R." But it's like, man these deputies over here can't just correct me themselves, they have to call my Sgt. and bother him and tattletell on me??? I was a little offended. Even Mudflap said he thought they acted weird in my district. This is the 4th or 5th time I've gotten chewed out for stuff and I'm kind of a little perturbed now. So I'm thinking of transferring. Mudflap can't figure out why I keep getting talked to about certain things. He even wondered if it is b/c I'm a woman. I would hate to think that. I mean, these people should know I'm not an idiot--uh, I graduated Valedictorian of my academy class!!!

So I had an impulse yesterday to just put in for another transfer. Mudflap said I should come to his district, and that way we can ride together whenever we want so I told him to go ahead and contact his Sgt. and run it past him. He did so today and the Sgt. said that would be fine. So now I just have to decide if I truly want to do this, and when. And what reason I will give for doing so. I hope I'm not just being overly-sensitive, but it truly does seem like I'm getting talked to about things that nobody else gets talked to about. Mudflap, bless his heart, is a total goofball and somewhat slow sometimes and had to take the state exam twice in order to graduate, and no one seems to be chewing his ass out constantly like I feel like they're doing to me.

We took a quick break yesterday to visit one of our academy classmates who lives in the district and is working full-time with another local agency. It was so nice to see him. We admired his police motorcycle and his unmarked police car. He was the one that worked with me personally on physical fitness and flirted with me all the time, but I didn't mind b/c I adored him. After patrol we picked up DH and put him in the backseat and took him to dinner. The guy at the restaurant was new and forgot to give me my cop discount (ouch) but since we're not allowed to say anything about that I had to let it go. Later on I got a free strawberry shake for DH anyway, so I guess it wasn't all financially painful!

I was so wiped out when I got home last night. Patrol is fun yes, but it is still work, especially mentally. And for each call that comes up you can't help but feel your adrenaline go up a little bit--we're human, after all.