Too busy to blog

Arrrrgggghhhh! So many technological demands on my time. Must check email, update Calorie Counter with daily weight and food eaten, keep up with Facebook and geocach websites plus 8 hrs work per day, housekeeping, pet maintenance and volunteer firefighter calls. There just aren't enough hours in a day.

Yes, I've had a few firefighter calls. There were 2 medical calls I missed, the second last Saturday, March 21, a man passed out at Belmont Cemetary. I couldn't make it out the door before they had already been answered and on the way, plus I was a little scared of medical calls because of no training. Then Sunday night 3/22 about 7:15 pm there was a call to Garcia's Campground. I didn't get to the Fire House in time but was coming up to the turn to Garcia's when I saw our second truck to the scene so I followed them in. It was a campfire gone wild, burned a few big dead trees next to the river. There were no flames by the time I got there but they did let me use the hose and spray the embers and hot spots! I followed Dale back to the FH and helped fill the water in the big tanker truck and watched how he filled the gas tank. Nick brought out a BVFD cap and said since I got to squirt some water, here was a cap! At least now I have some proof I'm connected to the unit.

Wednesday, March 25, we got a call to a wreck, a vehicle had rolled over on CR 105. Again I didn't make it to the FH, I saw the truck turn on 466 and followed them to the scene. It appeared a young man and his friend were driving on the gravel road and swerved to miss a deer, ran off the road and the Extera they were in rolled over. The driver seemed to be ok and refused medical attention but the passenger was a bit banged up, I think he may have hit his head, was taken in the ambulance. All I did was hang out and try to hear what was going on.

Last night, or rather this morning at a 3:10 another medical call came in saying an individual kept passing out off CR 105. My first thought - it's 3 o'clock in the morning, maybe they're sleepy!!! I jumped in my clothes and then the car and still didn't get to the FH before the emergency truck arrived at the scene. I just sat at the FH in the car until I hear our unit left the scene and then I went home. It was a bit hard to get back to sleep after all the adrenaline and being up for an hour but I finally did and slept til 10 am.