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Apparently Sept 19 has more then 1 meaning in this world! Not only is it my birthday, but it is also International Talk Like A Pirate Day! I think that's pretty cool!

Talking about my birthday, I was "conned" into going to Bouctouche on that morning so that they could give me a cake! The cake was good, but I think I would have rather stayed in Dieppe because the Airport in conjunction with the Dieppe Fire Department had a mock aircraft accident. Turns out not a lot of people showed up; however, I think it would have been nice to train some more. Apparently, not a whole lot of people showed up for the "indicent" which could mean more then the actual training itself.

We are having a hard time staffing people during the working hours - which is normal as the majority of the volunteer firefighters are also employed full-time mostly during the daytime. Another great example would be the call that I attended yesterday. We received a dispatch for a MVA with no injuries for a Truck that hit a building.

I was the first "call-out" to reach the station & only 1 other person showed up. We were 2 for the whole time, until I left & the DC asked for the call to be paged out again to get some back up at the station.

What else is going on? Not a whole lot! Apparently Olivia is now crawling up stairs with very little assistance! I'm pretty pleased about that, but I have yet to see her do it! I've been really busy at work lately - working 9 out of the last 10 nights... It's starting to take it's toll on me. I'm barely seeing Olivia & Allison as I'm dead tired and basically crash either on the couch or get ready for bed & pass out!

So, I'm sort of keeping my eyes open for local opportunities as traveling is starting to be a necessary evil! So, we'll see what happens!

'til next time!!!