Thursday, July 31, 2008

another fire











I came to work tonite, at 5 pm, and at 7 pm we caught another house fire. This one was about a mile from the station. Luckily no one was home, but it sustained quite abit of damage. Here are some photos.

Kyler, golf pro







Well, I spent this morning watching Ky play golf. We enrolled him in a golf clinic, at the Tech golf course. He seems to really be improving. We go and play every once in a while. I don't seem to be improving, however. I could play just as well with a sack of broken tree limbs. There is really nothing like hitting a ball off into the weeds, walking 10 feet, finding it, and hitting it again. 256 times. But its fun.






Tuesday, July 29, 2008

New Home

Since I have such a great time reading Lisa's and Anna Lea's blogs, I thought I would start one as well. Now you can check in here and see what is going on with the Paschall's in Lubbock. I recently made a promotion to captain, so I changed jobs. Instead of fighting fires and being a hero, I am a chauffer of sorts. driving a chief around and doing his bidding. But, it pays good, so I don't complain. Plus I don't have to get out of the suburban on the fire scene, and the air conditioner works good. There are some drawbacks, though. Let me layout for you how our department works. We work 24 hours on, and 48 hours off. The city is divided into 2 batallions, each of which is commanded by a batallion chief. (1 step above me.) When he goes on vacation, I move up to take his place. The first night I moved up, we had a house fire in our territory. The first reports from dispatch told us that there were possibly children trapped. What a way to start out! Luckily, there was no one home, but the house sustained considerable damage. ( Not due to my command capabilities.) Well, it was good to get that one out of the way. Maybe the next one won't be so nerve wracking. Other than that, my job is pretty mundane. I pretty much take care of the vacation schedule, and making sure the chief is to his appointments on time. I am a very important member of society. Anyway. That is all I have to say. Check back often.