Very Quick One

Check out this link (sorry, still can't get links to work, you'll have to copy/paste):

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091213/WILLIAMSON01/912130326/2033/WILLIAMSON/Friday+blaze+served+as+training+exercise

I wasn't at this, I was working that day but they left me on an engine to run calls since this took place in another district. As far as I know, they are still planning to run it on the 23rd. I'll let you know if that changes.

See ya real soon folks.

Merry Christmas

Escalation

So last time I posted a picture of me with my head shaved. I couldn't leave well enough alone, so that night at the station I went ahead and took a razor to it and went on down to the skin. If you've never done this before, it was pretty dang weird feeling! My head was pretty sensitive too. I did it again last night (since some of the guys I work with were off last shift and didn't get to see it) and it wasn't nearly as tender. It's also pretty amazing how fast the hair on your head grows.



Of course, any idea this cool is bound to have imitators.



They're just pretenders, of course. I think I was the only one of us who took it all the way down to the skin. April is not a fan, so I'll be growing it out. I kinda liked having it shaved, but I could probably do with it being a little longer. Luckily they allowed us to finally wear 'watch caps' at work, so my little bald head stayed warm today.

On another note, we got our tree put up too. We had a system, I picked up the tree and got it put on the base, then got the stuff down out of the attic. April handled the lights and decorations. I like our system.



Anyhow, that's about it for now. Talk to ya'll later.

#100

I just noticed this is my 100th blog. I guess I should have had something monumental or special to write about, to commemorate the event, but I don't. Instead I have a link to some pictures for you. One of our guys has been diagnosed with cancer, and he has started chemo and radiation therapy. Rather than let the drugs strip his hair from him, he decided to go ahead and shave his head. You know us firefighters, we can't do anything without each other, so most of the shift pitched in and got our heads shaved too.

Here ya go. For some reason I can't get the link to work, so you'll have to copy and paste it into your browser. Sorry!

http://picasaweb.google.com/gregory.becky/FirefightersUnifiedForRicky?authkey=Gv1sRgCI7kkez6mYOinwE&feat=email#

Hope ya'll enjoy.