End of the month

It got busy here on Thursday, we had a garage fire that was of a minor nature, started down in the garage and then extended to the attic.  Homeowner put out the fire in the garage with a garden hose, and was trying to put it out in the attic when we got there.  It was burning in the insulation and had burned the truss and a couple of stringers completely through.  I used the vent saw to open the hole so we could get in the remove about 5-6 garage cans full of smoldering insulation.  Used the water can to foam it down and left.  Just as we were getting on scene, the ambulance dispatched with us had already arrived on scene and told us "nothing was showing", so I canceled the mutual aid companies, and no more then did that, and one of them got hit with a fully involved structure fire about as far in the easterly direct as the first call had been to the west.  I released our 2nd. engine, tanker and squad to respond to the assist on the house fire and handled the garage fire with just our three man engine company.  That night was followed by my being awaken about 2:30AM with the worst leg cramp I have ever had.  I ended up setting up and reading until about 6AM.  Read about half of the book Ghost Mountain Boys. I have read the book twice before, but it holds special meaning to me as it is about my dad's outfit in the first year of the war.  I guess reading about what these guys went through made my leg cramp pretty trivial.  Worked part of Friday, didn't feel well in the morning so only got about six customers seen in the afternoon.  Spent part of the day reading a book call" Against all Odds" by Jay Walsh.  He is a semi-retired missionary, I think most missionaries only semi-retire, who served almost 40 years in Bangladesh.  I have been spending a lot of time, like hours and hours both reading, and on the Internet, and on the phone doing research about some of the long term missionaries our church supports.  Need to present information about them the first Sunday in March.  Have 6 of them and I get 6 minutes to do it. From what I have found, I could spend 30 minutes on each and in some cases not even do more than scratch the surface. The more I find out about them, the more amazed I am as to what God can do with what we would call ordinary people. Went to bed early Friday night, and wouldn't you know it, just before midnight we get a vehicle fire next to a building.  People had plugged in their diesel van so it would start, and the block heater shorted out and set the van on fire.  PD was first on scene, and got most of it with their fire extinguisher, and we finished up the overhaul with just a couple of cans.  I was a little worried that I might not get back to sleep, as my portable radio didn't work ( dead battery) and my car wouldn't start.  Had to move the truck and take the wife's van, so no lights or siren.  Really slow response.  Anyway, my Lt. had it handled,  we cleared and I went home and was back to sleep almost as soon as I hit the pillow.  Sleep late today.  Worked on a bit of everything today, listened to my play list that I have complied.  Need to have a meeting the first of the week with my soon to be ex prevention coordinator.  I need to remove him and hope that after I talk with him he will resign, would rather he do that then have to remove him.  Its snowing again here just hope this week the roads are clear as I have a lot of miles to go to get caught up with work.