Yes, at 5:30 this morning, my alarm went off….something that hasn’t happened since I started my vacation last week. I was actually up at 4:30 am this morning to let the dogs out. Why can’t my two dogs and one cat have a NORMAL schedule like we do? It actually felt good to come back to work. I enjoyed my week off, but I am ready to get back in the swing of things.
I really did not do much the week of my vacation. We posted some furniture on Craigslist to sell and sold everything, except for our blanket chest. I stayed around the house Monday and Tuesday morning, so I could be home in case somebody wanted to come by and look at our sale items. Unfortunately, I had a few people call and tell me they would come by and they never did. One thing you can count on if you post on Craigslist….is that people that call will lie to you. One guy said he would be by Tuesday morning and never showed. Then he called and said he would be there Wednesday morning and he never showed. He tried to call me Thursday morning, but I did not answer my phone….and he did not leave a message.
I am not the type of person that likes to use Craigslist, mainly because I don’t know the people who call, inquiring about the sale items and I really don’t like giving out my address…..but, sometimes that’s the only way to really sell stuff. Like I said, we still have our blanket chest left, so I re-posted it on Craigslist. I would like to get it sold asap.
Last Friday evening, we had a lock-in at the church for our students. To be honest, I wasn’t really in the mood for a lock-in because I was already tired from doing stuff all week. I knew, though, that the students were real excited about it and I let Andrew plan everything. I was there as the head sponsor and “bouncer,” but we did not have any problems. We started at 5 pm on Friday and it ended at 2 pm on Saturday. We did have a good time, but I did not get much sleep. Both the girls and the guys slept in the gym…the guys were upstairs and the girls were behind partitions on the stage. After the lock-in, I headed home to get some sleep, but could not go back to sleep, so I just played on my computer and watched TV.
I went to bed early on Saturday evening, but still did not sleep well, so I was groggy all day Sunday. We had a very small crowd in Sunday School and church. After church, I went by Wal-Mart and bought some more jean shorts and then went home to eat lunch. After eating, I decided to lay down and take a power nap….which did not last long. I was listening to the fire department calls on my laptop and heard them talking about a huge grass fire at SW 29 % County Line Rd. I still could not sleep, so I got up, grabbed my bike and rode over to OCCC where I rode around the college campus 5 times. When I got home, I started listening to the fire calls again and found out they were still fighting the grass fire.
I called fellow REACT member Mike Weiss and met up with him at I-44 and SW 89th. From there, we drove out to the fire scene and offered our assistance to the fire department command post. They were in the stage of knocking out hot spots, so our help was not needed. We drove into the neighborhood and started assisting homeowners who were in their backyards with water hoses, attempting to put out some hot spots. Once the hot spots were finally knocked down, we headed to a “possible” large grass fire at SW 29 & Frisco Rd. When we arrived, there was no fire. Mike had to be somewhere at 6 pm and it was already around 5:30 pm, so we left the area.
The rest of my evening was spent at home with my wife, daughter, two dogs and one cat. We watched TV, I sent emails out and we had the Sonic Brown Bag special.
http://www.okcentralreact.org/
http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/OCFD_Citizens_Fire_Academy_Alumni_Association
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