Still Trying to Rest.

I really am trying to rest, but I am not very good at it.

Last evening, I actually got off work on time and ran a few errands. I had to pick up some medicine, go pick up my bike and go by the credit union. I made it home by 4:45 pm. When I got home, I was really tired, so I laid down on the couch and watched TV. Normally when I get home, I log on to my laptop and check my email, but I was even too tired to do that. My back was tired and tight and my head was stopped up. Since the weather has turned cooler, it is playing havoc with my sinuses. I think that’s why I feel so run down. Of course, working so many hours last weekend and not getting much rest didn’t help either.

I tried not to plan anything last night, but one of our REACT team members, who is the fundraising chairperson for our team, wanted to have a fundraising committee meeting in Midwest City and I wanted to show my support. I went ahead and attended the 6:30 pm meeting and was glad I did. We got quite a bit accomplished. I made it home at around 9 pm, got on my laptop for 30 minutes and went to bed.

Back to REACT. Our event last Saturday in Piedmont, was the last event we had scheduled this year. Normally, during the holidays, we do not schedule events because of everyone’s busy schedule. Plus, for the time being, we are not responding to emergencies until we can write up our Mutual Aid Agreements and present them to other municipalities. Mutual Aid Agreements are necessary to have in order for us to work side-by-side with other communities and their emergency managers. Without them, we can’t aid other communities. This is actually the first year we have actively acted as emergency responders, but we failed to write up any mutual aid agreements with other communities, so we have to hold off on emergency responses until we get the agreements written up and signed. It’s no big deal…just a formality that has to be done.

For the meantime, we will just be assisting with certain events, do more traffic control at accidents and do more motorist assists. We are prepared to deploy on emergencies if we are called out, but our focus at this time is to do a little re-organizing and to get our SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures) up to date, get our by-laws tweaked and do some more training. At the end of this month, we have the weather event at the National Weather Service in Norman where we show off our vehicles and attend a few workshops.

Yep, that's me in the gator at the Piedmont event last Saturday.

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