The OLD FiReCrAcKeR

Where to start, where to end... well, I had off on Friday and got to sleep later than normal, which was good since I didn't go to bed until about 1/4 til 5. lol. Well, I woke up, created this new background on the blog, and then met Amanda at EOC to go see our new home in the Public Safety building. I must say that I am truly AMAZED at how far things have come and I cannot wait until we get to move in there. The scary part is that I had a dream a while ago that I was at work at a place that isn't like what I work in now but it did look a lot like the new building... which gives me a somewhat wierd deja-vu feeling. Oh well... lol! I really can't believe how much things have changed and think it will be so much better than where we currently are, and we are truly lucky to have what we have gotten!!! (Jimmy is of course the best tour guide also!)

After we left there we went back over to good ol Rock St. to get ready for the parade. Amanda and I chose to ride on Truck 21, and instead of in the ladder we rode on the side... which was fun, yet very VERY cold!! I also got to see a lot of my MRD friends... and I really really do miss marching band! I cannot wait until next year when I get to help Broadway with the band. Yay!

So after the parade, Mark, Kelly, Austin, Amanda and I went to BW3's to eat before the parade crowd got in. Kelly amused us with her stories of "hunting" and has given us a new meaning to the word. Aparantly, since I have a gun and I drive through the woods in my truck it is considered hunting! I can definately say that I have been hunting in my life, which is very exciting since it was something that I didn't think I had done. LOL! We were laughing so hard that we got a little hot and had to turn the A/C on instead of the heat. What a crazy night...

Saturday I woke up and saw C90 heading out towards port when I was pulling out of Avalon Woods, and thought hey I should follow them! But since I had promised Amanda and Jordon and the family that I would have Breakfast with Santa, I continued to the station to meet them. :--) It was fun, and after it i went home and went back to bed for a little... then went back up to broadway for the night and then to Luray to visit Amanda's grandma. It was so sad being that she didn't remember anything butwhen we were leaving she blew us kisses and i cold have cried. We stopped at Dan's Steakhouse on the way back to eat... which you could say was an experience in Luray dining that I never want to experience again! I'm just gonna say that we thought we were ordering steak... but it ended up being a $10 hamburger that was shaped like a steak!!!

Then we got back, had chineese food (mmm good food) and got ready to go out to Bennies Beach. We visited Teresa for a bit but she didn't want to come, which was a shame since there was a guy there she'd have really liked. Anyways, so McKinney, Amanda, and I went out to Bennies, and we had a lot of fun. We sang so many times decided that our rendition of "Redneck Woman" by Gretchen Wilson was the best. It was a fun night, and I enjoyed every conversation that I had. :--)

This morning I had to get up to be at work at 7... and I felt SO sick with a headache and sore throat... and through the day my muscles started hurting and my nose started running. Gosh I felt horrible... it was not cool. :--(

I got off work at 3, and as I am leaving i hear my name being screamed and I look and it's none other than Amanda running around the building to find me to take me up to Mainstreet Bar and Grill becuase the HFD guys said they would wait for me. (aren't the the BEST!! I love you all!)

Then Melissa came to visit me and got me El Charro for my birthday... and then I went to put up our christmas tree in broadway. Now I'm back here lying in bed and all this medicine is really kicking my ass so I should probably go to bed. I called in sick tomorrow so I hope that if i rest and sleep allll day that I will be ok on Tuesday... or even hope that it makes me feel a lot better when I wake up!!