Heavy duty

The last two weeks have been a bit heavy around the department,  it would be a long story, but in a nut shell, one of our firefighters has been lying to me and in a sense to the whole department for the last 6 months.  In an effort to help him out, I found out about the lie.  While in the end, no one will lose any money, but the fact he has lied for that long and continued to not come forward with the details has lead to our need to have some form of discipline.  It is not like we have a lot of people clamoring to join us, and this firefighter does a good job on the fireground, it is just his conduct in other matters, both in the department for which I have a responsibility but also in the area of his other jobs and personal life choices.  I really like this guy when he is going right, but of late, like for the last 10 months he has made bad choice after bad choice.   I had this problem a  couple of years ago, and thought then that I would have to suspend him, but he righted the ship for a while.  As I sat in church this morning, we sang a song about the love and justice of God.  Realized that while God loves us, more than anything, he is also just.  I really want this man to be successful, but he also needs discipline. God loves us, but cannot exist with sin, as such man needs a redeemer to take away the penalty of sin.   For my firefighter, I wish there was a way for him to escape the penalty, but I also think that maybe the penalty will wake him up and hopefully bring about a change in behaviour.  Time will tell.  Have not had many calls, had an unusual haz-mat this afternoon,  live ammo on the road, and cars were driving through it and causing it to go off.  Great dispatch scenario,  "Shots fired, send in the fire department."  We swept up about 100 yards of road and collected about 250-300 22 caliber rounds.  Give to the police to dispose of.  Bought my wife a flurry last night, she says that she only has one a year, will we see about that.  She also says I spoil her.   Need to get a few things done for work tomorrow.  Tuesday, I have the party for the 2nd. graders.  Will hand out 13 certificates for pizza, and 14 for ice cream cones. We will also have pizza for lunch.  13 of the 14 students actually held a home fire drill, and all 14 did the home work of making a drawing and show the fire escape plan on paper.   They passed the test so we get the party.   I really look forward to this bunch of kids and they have the greatest teacher.  Will do it again next year, well worth the 4 days of vacation that it takes to do this each year.