Busy , Busy

This is how my Wednesday went:

7:15am - Wake up, drag myself out of bed, let Jak out and feed him, shower, dress, let Jak out again, finish getting ready for work, pick up Mom at the garage, drop her off at work and then go to work myself.

9:00am - Staff meeting usual topics discussed.

9:45am - Still in staff meeting, unusual topic discussed, boss announces he's leaving after ten years as head of our program.

10:00am - Back in my office, working on little tasks for an upcoming certified inspection.

11:07am - Fire department toned out for a brush fire, third straight day it had been burning.

11:10am - Phone calls, texts and emails start coming in from auxiliary members about above said fire and what is an appropriate response from the auxiliary.

11:20am - 12:20pm - Head to the Y to swim and pretend that work and fire do not exist at least for an hour.

12:30 - Back at work, eat lunch, continue to field inquiries from auxiliary members about the fire while trying to do work.

1:15pm - Decide via text message with other auxiliary members that we should order pizza.

1:30pm - Order 3 party pizzas and plan to leave work to pick them up and deliver them to the fire scene.

2:00pm - Leave work, pick up pizzas and head for the hills.

2:15pm - Arrive with pizza. Delivering food to hungry firefighters allows for special parking privileges.

2:20pm - 4:45pm - Hang around at the command center and wait for further instructions or to assist firefighters coming out of the fire and wonder why the PD has a paid a chief.

4:46pm - Begin to form a plan to get more food to the scene because the fire is not out and more firefighters are arriving to help. Secure a Subway run by an auxiliary member returning to town from work.

5:00pm - Make a trip to the firehouse to make coffee, stop at the store to get 1/2 & 1/2 because no one really wants the fake powdered creamer unless there's absolutely nothing else.

5:25pm - Drop off coffee and creamer back at the scene then make a mad dash home.

5:40pm - Leave to meet Dad and Lois for 2nd Wednesday of the month Spaghetti Dinner (spag din).

6:15pm - 7:30pm - Eat spaghetti, comment that it isn't as good this month as it usually is, catch up with Dad and Lois, laugh at their story of being on the jumbotron at a Boston Bruins game.

7:45pm - Get stuck in traffic on the highway because everyone waits till the last second to merge down to one lane for construction.

8:00pm - Arrive at Costco to purchase more supplies for the auxiliary in case the brush fire goes into a 4th day.


8:45pm - Head home.

9:15pm - Arrive at home. Mom is painstakingly looking at pictures on the internet which requires waiting for a dial up modem to download them. Start laundry so that I have clean pants to wear to work the next day.

9:45pm - Mom gives up on dial-up.  I clean out my overflowing purse.

10:00pm - Start doing dishes while calling At&t because I'm having cell phone issues AGAIN.

10:15pm - Still on phone with At&t, fold laundry.

10:20pm - Insist that At&t send me a new phone and get one, hang pants to dry, finish dishes.

10:40pm - Plug in phone to charge and head for bed.

11:00pm - Read for a few minutes until my eyes refuse to stay open then fall asleep and remain that way until 7:00am this morning.