Sunday after dinner Kennedy was talking about she was just going to walk home. I told her go right ahead. We live like 6 blocks from Todd and Janas and its pretty much a straight shot. She kept saying "Im gonna do it! Im gonna!" I told her go for it. So she started out and we secretly watched her from the window. She made it to their mailbox by taking baby steps and came running back scared. I told her she could do it and she set her determined little face on and took off. I watched her out the window until I couldn't see her anymore. Chris drove past and she told him nope Im waiting for mom! So as soon as I couldnt see her anymore I got in the car and caught up to her. She told me she wasnt getting in she wanted to walk home. So I paced her with the car like the paranoid mom I am. She was laughing and we were singing songs. She kept telling me to drive off and she would walk home on her own but I just couldnt let her. She walked the entire way home and was so proud of herself!
Wednesday morning when I got out of the shower before work I walked into the kitchen and saw this. Chris wanted Sweet jalapeno chicken enchiladas for dinner so he got out everything for me to throw together.
One night this week between class and fire drill and work we had to go over to Todds and help him put his new airbags and compressor on his truck. His old airbags just werent heavy duty enough to pull his camper. (Suspension airbags not inside impact airbags for those of you confused) We started about 6:30 that night. Pulled off his old bags, installed a toolbox and figured out how to put the new ones on. The old ones you just filled up with the compressor. The new ones came with a compressor we had to install and wire into the truck. It was quite a time consuming process. They wanted almost $600 to install them from the dealer and they charge extra on labor for this because its a pain. We said hell we can do that!
Kennedy made it until about 8:30 and she fell asleep on the couch in the shop covered with Grandpas coat and a blanket. She slept through air tools, the radio, us talking, hammering and everything else.
We finally finished it at 11pm that night. We couldn't stop because we both had work and school Thursday and he needed his truck Friday.
We have had such nice weather lately! Miss K was outside shooting her bow at her new target for the first time.
She was pretty dang excited!
Thursday after class we went and took a tour of the Weber County Jail. Our class is taught at the Weber County Sheriffs office. This pict is from the internet. We of course couldn't take cameras or cell phones into the jail. It was 9:00 at night when we went in. It was dark and stinky and scary to be completely honest. They gave us a tour of all the areas including the medical area. A lot of the inmates were still up and lights were on. We were in a glass hallway that had tinted glass so they couldn't really see us they said. We also weren't allowed to be in any areas were inmates were 'freely' walking. So when we went into booking we had to wait until they were put in the booking cells before we could walk in. It was slightly claustrophobic being in each area with locked doors knowing you cant get out unless they let you out. It was very interesting though to see how it worked and what the inside of a jail really looked like!
Friday from 9am to 3pm I went and did a ride along with Ogden Fire Ambulance for part of my class. Since I was the 3rd person I had to ride in the back. We did some stuff around the station and were sent on an auto ped. Transported to the hospital then they had to go take a pt test. From there we went to the gym and worked out about 10 minutes for we were paged on an accident that refused medical. Headed back to the station for lunch
When stations have ride alongs.. aka people who really want to go on calls and see fun stuff... they have nothing happen. Its kind of an unspoken rule. Choas seems to take a pause just to not let fun stuff happen. They were very slow that day.
About 30 minutes before it was time to go home we had to do a transfer to Layton. The transfer took a while and I got back to the station to get into my car at 5pm. It really was a fun ride along even though we didnt get much and the guys I rode with were super nice.
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