Fire Fighter at last!

This morning was painfully slow, but I did manage to roll out of my bed and become somewhat functional! I found a dead hen today...pretty sure that three eggs a day we're gettin' is going down to two! lol There is like fourteen of them and the average is three a day- something (Rhonda that cat I think) is eating them or they are just way too old- or a combination of the two! So I threw the chicken in the back of the pickup and planned on dumping it later.

We did morning chores and loaded up our fire gear and some sugar (to stay awake) and headed into town for our 8:00am fire training. About half way there I noticed we still had the lovely dead chicken in the back so we stopped and I chucked it out into the ditch- some coyote will love me! haha We got the the fire hall a little early so we could sift through some old nomex suits and coats and find me a set to keep at the fire station besides my set at home. After some looking we eventually found some overalls and boots that would work. When class started, we covered a couple more sections in the book and then suited up and went outside to do the hands on portion of the class. It was pretty cool to play with fuzees (like flares) and a drip torch and set things on fire just so that we could put them out again! I enjoyed it anyway. After we finished everything up there I got an application so that I can apply to the department and go on calls- sweet! So now I think I'm qualified to be a FFT2, but I'm not completely positive; I know I can join the department anyway. Yay!

After class we all went out with our instructor to the bowling alley and had lunch. Then, I dropped Merle off at the fire hall so that Sharla could pick him on and they could head to Hot Springs for Andrea's pinning ceremony. I took his pickup home and grabbed a grease gun and some snacks and headed back to the field. First, the grease gun battery died on me, then, I ran out of grease...and half the zirks wouldn't take. It wasn't a lucky day for disking, but I managed and finished the field. By this time I had to head back home and do chores. They went just fine, and now I'm inside ready for bed! I am gunna try the Episcipol church tomorrow I think, and then probably do some yard work (hm...not my favorite). But, sleep will be nice tonight!