Once again, it has been a week since I have posted anything. I have been rather busy at work, training co-workers how to dispatch and then going home and trying to have some relaxation. Last weekend was rather busy for me. Friday was Veteran’s Day, so I was off for the holiday. I did some housework, but I also went and visited the graves of Zackery Wells (Mike Weiss’ son) and Derek Calhoun. Both young men were in the military and died a heroes death. It was the first time I had ever visited the graves on Veteran’s Day of servicemen who had perished. It was an honor, but it was also sad. We all take our freedoms for granted some times.
On Saturday, myself and several other REACT members participated in the Blanchard, Okla. Veteran’s Day parade. It was a short parade, but we had lots of fun and was able to throw candy out our windows to the children. That’s one thing I learned about being in a parade. If you throw candy to the kids, they are happy and their parents are happy because you gave their child some candy. It makes a lasting impression.
After the parade, several of us drove to Chickasha to attend a funeral of one of our members’ mom. Since Chickasha is a small town and have limited resources, we were asked to assist with the funeral procession to the cemetery. Chickasha Police escorted us to the outskirts of the city, but the cemetery was outside the city limits, so our REACT team had to take over and escort the procession the rest of the way to the cemetery. It was a beautiful service and a beautiful day. After the funeral, we all headed back to the city. I arrived home at around 4:30 pm and stayed home the rest of the evening. I watched TV and did some computer work.
I was up early Sunday morning, working on the power point for the morning worship service. That afternoon, we had our annual Thanksgiving Dinner at the church. As usual, we had a large crowd and, as usual, there were people there I had never seen before. Everyone got plenty to eat and everyone seemed to have a great time.
I slept in a little on Monday. I took Monday off work because I had some things I wanted to get done. The plans I had made, changed early Monday morning. Because of the change, I had a free day, sort of. I still had two lawns and my lawn to mow one last time. I loaded my mower and my other lawn equipment into my truck and headed out. I mowed two lawns and then came home and mowed mine. The timing was perfect because when I got through with my lawn, it started raining. I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning the house. That evening, several REACT members were coming to my house to meet and go over our REACT SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures), so I wanted the house to look good.
We had all decided to meet at Golden Corral at 5 pm to eat. Golden Corral was feeding all veterans for free and several of our REACT members were veterans, so we decided to meet there for dinner. Unfortunately, there were hundreds of other people with the same idea. The wait to eat was going to be over an hour, so we all decided to eat at a Chinese Buffet instead. The food was good and we had a good time of fellowship. Afterwards, we all met at my house and spent about two hours working on the SOP’s. After the guys left, I went to bed, but woke up around midnight with terrible indigestion. Karla told me to suck on a peppermint and to sit in the chair in the living room…..so I did. My stomach gurgled and gurgled for the longest time. I dozed off, but then I woke up around 3 am, felt better and went back to bed.
I woke up Tuesday morning at 5:30 with the worst crick in my neck. Since I slept in the chair for a couple of hours without good neck support, my neck was really hurting. All day long at work, my neck hurt. I could barely look down and could barely move my neck without it hurting. I was miserable. By the time I got off work, I just wanted to go home and get some relief. I did nothing last night but lie around and watch TV.
This morning, I felt better, but the soreness is still there. We are having a turkey party tonight for the youth at church. Fortunately, we are eating pizza, not turkey. It will be a time for fun, food, fellowship and games. Next Wednesday, we will not meet because it is Thanksgiving week.
Tomorrow evening is our CFAAA monthly meeting and our annual elections. I will not be running for any office because I am term limited. I have served as president for the last two years, so I have to take a year off from being an elected officer. I will be eligible to run for office in 2013. That’s fine with me, though. I need a break. I am doing quite a bit with REACT, so taking some time away from the CFAAA will help me be able to re-group. I will still be working on the CFAAA website and doing a few things here and there, but that’s it. I am looking forward to the change.
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