Simple life

I’m not completely sure of the reasoning, but the administration decided to change all the alarms tones (medical and fire) at the station. Now every alarm turns on ALL the speakers and lights throughout the station. Use to be, if it was a medical call, it only woke up the EMS crew and vice versa for the fire crew.

Last night I didn’t get any sleep, yet we only ran one call. The medical units were busy, so we were abruptly woke up each and every time. I feel bad for the medical crews, but it doesn’t make any sense for EVERYONE to be tired from lack of sleep. The administration doesn’t see the problem as they rest peacefully at HOME in bed. URG!

Once I got off work I rushed to pick up my kids and niece, before starting our drive to Orange Texas. I took the kids for an airboat swamp tour that crossed over into Louisiana. The kids had a blast; although the Captain was driving a bit “crazy” considering we had kids on board. This is my second airboat swamp tour. Today was a great day for spotting Alligators; we easily saw 10+ alligators, including a ten-footer that swam right up to the boat.

This evening Alison decided to run with me rather than ride her bike. I pushed Preston in the stroller, while Alison and I chatted during the entire 3.5 miles. Her athletic abilities always amaze me. How many nine years olds can go this distance, without a single complaint? Truth be known, she complained once… when we got close to the house she asked; “How far did we run?” I told her we ran/walk ~3.5 miles. Alison responded; “Ahh man, I thought you said we we’re going to do five miles”.

I cut the workout short because the humidity was miserable and it was now dark outside. I had lots of different aches and pains this evening. I really don’t want to get into it…

Walk:
2.48 miles
45:44
18:27 pace

Run:
0.92 mile
11:15
12:13 pace

Push-ups: 35

I’m continuing my crusade for a simpler life. This week I changed two things; instead of fancy ice packs I purchased an old-school reusable-refillable cold pack bottle. To my surprise it works really well. The surface area is larger (I bought the largest size available), it molds to the body part, and it is colder a lot longer than the freezable gel packs I own.

The also started wearing a bandana around my neck when I workout. I was shocked how well this worked. The bandana keeps the sun and bugs off my neck, absorbs the sweat dripping from my head onto my neck, which makes me feel cooler, and I have something clean to wipe my brow/eyes with.

Preston HAD to have a bandana too when I put mine on tonight. He kept saying he was a “cowboy”. He’s had his bandana on all evening and doesn’t want to take it off. I suppose that’s the Trinity side of him coming out.

Special shout-out to my friend Tom with County Wide Lawn and Pest for mending my sprinkler system. My lawn is nice and green again. Picture below: