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.

Hope Everyone Had a Nice Thanksgiving

I worked, but it wasn't too bad. I took the lead on dinner, so April and I did the shopping the day before. We had Turkey (my first try at one in the oven), stuffing, mashed potatoes, cornbread pudding, mac and cheese, greenbean casserole, and probably some other things I am forgetting. We offered to feed some of the cops and EMS crews too, so I wanted to make sure we had enough food. The city was kind enough to foot the bill for the meal, so that was a nice treat too.

We used the cajun injector on the bird, and that turned out awesome. I was unable to locate the giblet package, but we did find them after when we carved the bird. Oh well! I'm sure I'm not the first one that's happened to. The bird was awesome, nice and tender and plenty juicy.

Everyone enjoyed the meal, it turned out great. Fortunately, we didn't have time to overeat, because as soon as we finished eating, before we even got up from the table, we had a house fire to attend to.

http://www.wsmv.com/news/21733954/detail.html#

We were first due, but since it didn't get reported until it was well involved, the fire was through the roof when we got there, so we fought it from the outside.

Luckily we had eaten, and we were the only crew that had. One crew had just sat down to eat, but didn't even get the first forkfull, one was about to put their turkey in the fryer, and another called the restaurant delivering theirs (while on the way to the fire!) and told them to hold on to it for a while. They offerred to bring it to the scene for the guys which was very nice of them, but they wisely declined, since their food would have likely been descended upon like locusts on crops haha.

In the end, no one was hurt and the family wasn't even home, so it certainly could have been much worse. They had been gone for over an hour and half, so the fire likely burned a good 30-45 minutes before being reported.

Anyways, that was my Thanksgiving, hope everyone had a nice day.

Remember Me?

I'm sure you do. I hope you do, anyways.

So, it's been a while. I'm not sure exactly what to blog about, I am really just announcing my return to blog land. If you'll recall, I felt the need to temporarily suspend my blogging activities and hide my blog, but that seems to have blown over with no problems, so I'll open it back up and see what shakes loose.

It looks like we'll be making it down to ATL for the big Christmas extravaganza this year. We won't be able to stay long, but hopefully we'll be able to stay overnight.

Otherwise, not much new to report. I'll try to be better about blogging in the future. Take care everyone!