Guess who got switched back to working in Hillandale? That's right...this guy!!! The other light duty driver is going back to full duty, leaving an opening for a light duty driver. The top brass saw that I already worked there, so they brought me home. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
The first day back was fairly uneventful...we had an overtime battalion chief filling in for the first part of the day. We got to talk a bit, and he proved to be pretty cool. We only ran one call all day and didn't do any rounds to other stations, so we really didn't have much contact outside of our initial conversation. But he was still pretty cool.
A couple of the guys on the shift were doing this work out competition, where everyone who participated had to do 600 push ups, 600 sit ups and as many pull-ups as possible by the end of the day. When I saw that, of course I had to get in! Hey, my knee is hurt, not my upper body! Doing all those push ups, pull ups and sit ups proved to be pretty tiring. By the end of my shift, I had done 351 push ups, 440 sit ups and 85 pull-ups. I could have done more pull ups, but I wanted to focus on the 600 sit ups and push ups. Even though we didn't run barely any calls today, between eating and doing stuff on the computer, I couldn't get in the full 600. Maybe next time!
On a much more sad note, one of the firefighters on the shift (I'll call him AC) got the call nobody wants to get: His father passed away suddenly, unexpectedly. The shift rallied around him and were trying to figure out how to get him home (they wanted to drive him home, but he lived in New Jersey). Because of the distance, the top brass was balking at letting someone on duty drive him up there. This obviously ticked off everyone on the shift. Eventually, AC thought it best that he just drive home himself so he could meet his wife and the rest of his family and start taking care of business. AC, my thoughts and prayers are with you.
I'll be subbing for children's ministry tonight. The kids will be rehearsing some Christmas songs for an upcoming performance for the church. I better warm up my singing voice...mi, mi, mi, mi...
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