FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s Friday and I have been without my truck for three days now. I dropped it off at the transmission place early Wednesday morning to have the transmission repaired. They called me this morning and told me it was ready to go and that it runs “fabulous.” Of course, after paying $1,467.00 for a new transmission, it better run fabulous. I am just glad it is finally repaired. It is a good running pickup, so I felt the repair was worth it. I have had friends pick me up for work this week and take me home. I am so appreciative of my friends. I will admit, though, it was tough going without transportation for three days. This afternoon, Gayla is picking me up from work and taking me to the transmission place to pick up my truck.

One thing our REACT Board is working on is the way members conduct themselves when they are representing our REACT team. Take the Internet for example…..even though the Internet is a place for many of us to discuss and share our opinions, we still have to watch what we post….whether it be on a personal blog (like this one) or whether it be on Facebook. Even though we do have freedom of speech, as long as we are representing REACT, we still have to watch our words. One thing I have completely gotten away from on Facebook is politics. There are so many different idea and views about our government, it’s a dangerous subject to talk about. We have to stay away from the negative and post the positive. I am still strong about sharing my faith, but that’s a positive, so I don’t worry about that. Another thing we all have to stay away from is cussing on Facebook. That’s one area I have never had a problem with, but a few of our members do.

The thing is, I have many friends on Facebook that are meteorologists, storm chasers, Red Cross volunteers and members of the media. As a REACT volunteer, I must act professional in what I post and stay away from controversial and negative subjects. I know that not everyone believes the way I do and many will disagree with me on certain topics, so I have to present myself in a way that I don’t offend somebody by something I post. I am normally pretty good about that, though. I am a very friendly person with a good and positive attitude, so I have no problem being professional.

Today is a high fire danger day. The winds are strong, the humidity is low and the temps are very mild….all that together spells out grass fires. Once I am off work and finally have my truck, I will be available to activate as a REACT member at a moment’s notice. Plus, we have some very severe Winter weather coming in our state in the next day or so. We will possibly have some freezing precipitation, including some snow. Most of the reports I have read show us only getting about ½ “ to maybe an inch of snow. Last night, at our Board meeting, several of our REACT team members were saying we could get as much as 3-6” of snow, but I doubt we will see that much. Either way, we have been put on alert and on stand-by status in case we do get some bad weather.

I really don’t have much planned this weekend, except for maybe moving stuff from our storage facility to my new storage building. We also need to work on cleaning the house, especially since Stephen is staying with us until he can find another apartment.

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