Not much has happened in the last couple of days, which is good.
It was so nice to have yesterday off work. It was Veteran’s Day….a day to remember those who died fighting for our freedom and a day to remember those that still serve our country. As an American, I am thankful for all of the men and women that are fighting for my freedom. I still think about Sgt. Derek Calhoun, who gave his life on June 23, 2007, so that I might have freedom. He died at such a young age, but he died a hero. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about him. I just think of the sacrifice that he made and the sacrifices all the other soldiers have made so we could have our freedoms.
I did enjoy the day off yesterday and I did something for the first time that I had never done before…..I spent the day with friends. After doing some household chores, I met three of my REACT team members at OZ Safe rooms, at SE.29 & Bryant. OZ is a company that builds tornado safe rooms for residences and businesses. Oz is partnering up with our team, Central Oklahoma REACT Team 6023 and providing us with a sponsorship. Since we chase tornadoes and they build tornado safe rooms…and also chase tornadoes, we all decided to put our resources together and work side by side. They are providing us with some monetary funds as well as some other things that will help our team save some money and help us continue to operate efficiently.
Several of us decided to meet at OZ so we could get some more emergency lights installed on our vehicles. OZ has a huge garage that allows us to drive a couple of vehicles in and work on them. Since we are working together now, they were gracious to allow us to share their garage with their employees. We were there all day, working on the lights for two different vehicles. I didn’t do much of anything, except stand around and talk. That’s the first time I have been with a group of friends and just enjoyed being with them and talking with them.
We had decided to have our REACT Board meeting at OZ headquarters at 7 pm. Instead of me wasting gas to go home and come right back, I decided to stay at OZ with one of my fellow REACT members. We went to 7-11 to get something to eat and then went back to OZ to eat. At around 6:20 pm, someone arrived to let us in the building, so I logged onto one of their computers and logged onto the internet. I hadn’t checked my email all day, so I figured I better see if anything had been sent to me.
We had a great meeting and got lots accomplished. The only thing that frustrated me was the fact that my plan for the afternoon was to get my new light bar permanently installed on my truck, but as always, things went wrong. I came with a light bar that worked great, but had to switch it out for another light bar that did not work properly. The “good” light bar actually belonged to another member. We were going to switch some things around on it, but decided not to. Because of that, I got the light bar that had a bulb burned out. I hate using faulty equipment, but I had no choice. Since the bulb was not working properly, a decision was made to not permanently install the light bar on my truck at this time. The only reason I wanted it permanently installed is because I did not want it to blow off the top of my truck during strong winds. Right now, it has 4 heavy magnets holding it to my roof….but I am not sure how well the magnets are going to hold. I am hoping that I can get the part I need ordered, have it installed in my light bar and then go ahead and have it permanently mounted. I drove home on the interstate last night against a strong wind and had no problems. I did the same thing this morning. I drove against gusty winds on the interstate and had no problems with the light bar.
Today is a rainy day. It is suppose to rain all day long. Because of it being a rainy day, I drove Karla to work. I did not want her to take a chance on wrecking her car in the rain. Plus, I don’t think she actually wanted to drive today anyway. It is kind of slow at work, which I am glad about. I have no plans for tonight. Tomorrow, I have a REACT training session all morning and then Wayne is going to work on my truck. Afterwards, we are going to watch the OU football game. I am looking forward to a relaxed weekend.
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