Random stuff

Well it is nearing the end of March and I have only posted once so far this month.  Maybe that means things are slowing down, or I am.  Was out of town last night for work, and wouldn't you know it but we get three calls.  Nothing for 10 days when I'm around and then, I'm gone and BOOM.  From what I see on the reports, everything went well, fire call was an assist, that found us not needed.  Jaws call was also to another department, extracted two people from a car that left the road because of ice.   The a down tree this morning that they handled quickly.  Tomorrow my wife and I leave for FDIC, we also plan on visiting her cousin while we are gone.  Will be back Sunday evening.  Fire prevention hasn't been settled yet, but looks like I will need to write a very detailed job description before we do anything else.  Training has gone well so far this year, but realize there is so much to do, and so little time to do it.  Passed my fit test again this year, and that is bring with it some questions about who does and who doesn't wear an air pack.  Have asked our executive board to write they ideas of a policy so we can get something in writing before we have a bigger problem.  Have 4 applications back and one more expected soon.  We will start interviews soon, but first must clearify how we will do it, and settle on the questions we will ask.  I fear we have two many lose cannons on the committee that we will never get the real answers we need to make an intelligent decison.  Today I was part of the interview process for my company to hire a new rep.  We interviewed two young ladies, and they were as different as night and day.  Both I think could do the job, one would catch on very quickly as she already has experience with a competitor, the other would take longer to bring up to speed.  I think that one however has a bigger up side for the company in general.  On a personal note, the one young lady impressed my very much with her demeanor, and the way she presented herself.  I also sensed that I had much more in common with her then the other young lady.  Tonight after I got home, I checked facebook for both of them.  Both had limited information available, but found it interesting in checking the pictures they had posted, one had quite a few pictures, with I would quess almost 2/3 of them involved her in a party setting with plenty of alcohl present.  They other  while fewer picture, most showed a person of various interests, and none that I would label as being of a questionable nature.   Their pages kind of confirmed my thoughts that while I think both would be an asset to our company from a sales point of view, I think the one would be an asset in many more ways in dealing with our customers.  I isn't my decison, but I would rather turn my customers over to that young lady  rather than the other one.  Hope my bosses make the right decison.  If they chose the other one, I know that what ever the first one ends up doing, she will be very sucessful.  I just think in the long run and looking at the bigger picture she would be better for our company overall.  Need to finish up some stuff before tomorrow so I can leave without to much stress.  Will let you know how the conference goes next week.

It isn't getting any better

Can't believe it has been almost two weeks since I put something  down. The night after my last entry, we were 2nd in on a working house fire.  Early Sunday morning,had a long run, we were RIT, water supply and a little of everything else. Our engine at the dry hydrant couldn't get a draft, the other fill site also had problems but eventually caught a prime.  Roads were a sheet of ice, and cold.  Cleared just in time to make church as I had to make a special announcement about the upcoming missions conference.  Later the week met with my fire prevention guy along with a couple of board members and asked for and received his resignation.  Sure hope the guy gets his act together, as I sure do not need to do his job.  Had a health fair to do this week, and all I can say is we showed up and got it done.  I really believe the man has no clue to how bad the situation had become.  I doubt if anyone will take the job, so my guess is for the rest of this year its mine.  Before we give this job to someone else or back to him, we need a better job description written, and much more planned supervision and over site.  Into that you read Chief.  The mission's conference that I was working on came off great. Have had several positive comments, really enjoyed watching the passion come out in the parts that my committee had.  I said that we now have the most informed and knowledgeable committee our church has ever had.  Had our company's annual meeting this week, so that took a couple of days away from work, also had an ice storm one day so that was a day spent not making calls.  So I find myself a couple of days behind, with a busy week next week.  Fire Board is Tuesday night, and we have training on Thursday.  My training officer will be gone so that means the assistant gets to lead.  Into that you read Chief.   Still not sleeping well, like about 6 hours then awake.  This morning make a decision to go back to sleep instead of getting up, and got an extra 3 hours.  Felt a lot better until early afternoon than ran out of gas again.  Have been trying to put a handle on what has been creating the stress level, and I think a couple of items were the problems with my prevention guy, and while that is settled so to speak, just put a little more burden on yours truly.  Also, the missions conference was a lot of work and some stress, but that is over. But, I think the one thing that has really been stressing is that I think we may have a small infestation of bats in our house.  I think it maybe in a small portion of the attic we can't get to, a small dormer. We had one in the basement two weeks ago this coming Sunday.  I caught it and got rid of it, but the more I looked on line the more I think that it may be living in the house, and have found a way to the basement possibly through the walls. I do not like bats, and my wife is scared of them.  Now I feel that my house isn't safe and don't like to leave her alone, and also don't like going to the basement at night.  I really think this is part of the problem that I have been having.  Sent a email to one company about removal, but they have failed to follow up on the contact.  In checking, there are not alot of companies that do that kind of work, and do it in our area.  My arm is feeling somewhat better, but not sure about some other stuff.  All my tests from my physical came back okay, but have noticed my legs swelling a little more than usual.  Also, last night had my blood pressure taken twice, and both times it was higher than normal.  Not bad, but high than it usually is.  But then it was taken by a couple of EMT students.  So go figure.  Need to plan some stuff for training meeting and also get my ducks in a row for board meeting.