Wednesday (February 17th) I slept until like 10, then got up and spent the rest of the morning/early afternoon working on some homework and stuff for the Fireman's Ball. Well, minus the half hour that dad and I were out on a fire call. Yes, my pager finally went off! But it was a false alarm, there were people in the house finishing staining it and that set off the alarm nothing too exciting. Around four, I had to get in the shower and get ready for kids. Earlier this week, one of the ladies that used to go to my old church called and asked if I would be willing to babysit her daughters for a couple of hours. I had one of them in my Sunday School class back in the day and I loved them, plus I had nothing else going on, so I said of course.
They got here around five and we played outside for a while, then came in and played board games. First we played Sorry! then Candy Land. Well, I made the mistake of agreeing to play Candy Land according to their rules, it was seriously like an hour long game of Candy Land. But it was fun. When their mom got here, the girls asked if they could stay to finish the game, so eventually we did. Then I talked to their mom for a bit before they had to go, even though neither of them wanted to.
The one thing I got from the night with them was that I need kids in my life again. I miss working with kids so much. And their mom did give me a lead on a job which I need to go to Petoskey to apply for, so I'll be doing that on Monday. I would have done it sooner, but I didn't get my car back until today.
After the kids left, I worked on some homework and played computer games for a couple hours, then put clothes away before I went to bed.
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can you tell I have had the game forever??
Day 332:
yes, I am knitting.
Yesterday (February 18) I spent my morning kitting, reading and working on homework. My car wasn't done yet so I had to figure out a way to get to class and get back home. Dad took me to class before he had to go to a meeting. Then after class I went home with my friend.
We ended up getting home early enough from class that I could watch Survivor. :) I hope we do that EVERY Thursday, but I know I won't be that lucky, unfortunately. He made dinner and it was ready to eat just as Survivor was going off. I walked in the kitchen and as he was taking his first bite of food his pager went off for a vehicle fire. So I told them goodbye and to be safe, threw his food in the microwave and ate my dinner. It turned out to be a vehicle fire that was out by the time the trucks got there, so they were only gone about a half hour.
I do have to say it is a completely different experience having a firefighter boyfriend than it was having a firefighter dad, or brother, or uncle, or cousin, or even being one myself. I know that he can't go in buildings yet because it's not permitted until our training is over, but I still worry when he goes out on a call. And I only worried about Dad when the fire was bad. And I get excited when our pager goes off, even though it hasn't been anything exciting yet, rather than nervous or being worried.
Also, I'm very happy that I grew up with so many of my family members on the department. I get what it means when that pager goes off and I would never be pissed at him for jumping and leaving. I've seen many girlfriends or wives freak out on their significant others for doing just that. I guess I've just had it happen so many times with Dad that it doesn't even phase me. And I also get that after the fire shit needs to be put away and cleaned and all that fun stuff and it may be an hour or two at the station after they clear the scene. He has commented on this many times, but he always says it's because I'm a firefighter as well. . . he doesn't realize that I understood this concept my entire life, it's not something I grasped in the last eight months being on the department.
When they got back, he ate and we hung out with his friends for a while.
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dinner.
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♥ Sara
Random Fact of the Day:
454 U.S. dollar bills weigh exactly one pound.
"The funny thing about firemen is, night and day, they are always firemen."-Gregory Widen
1 comment:
RE: quote...that is true of Police Officers as well! haha :) I'm glad you're enjoying the firefighter life! And dinner looks soo yummy! lol
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