I would never be complete without my firefamily.  When I answer women on other boards it’s truly hard to answer because I understand that I live in a tight-nit group.  Our class of guys graduated and went seperate ways, but then one of them came to our side the end of this year.  OMG, best thing EVER.  I love him, I love his wife, I LOVE HIS DAUGHTER. lol  His little (3) girl loves to wrestle and annoy our (11) boy. lol It’s awesome.

But most of all, I truly will never get over how much love I get.  They know me, they accept me for my faults that are many and they want to spend more time with me.  It’s not just because they love  my husband and they truly do, but the wives do come and hang with me as well.  That is a sign and unfortunately I’m a well read reader of signs.  But everyone we TRULY hang with is so awesome.

I wish a big, huge, merry Chrismas to those in my life. I wish extra strength to those with family staying with them. I also wish a huge amount of strength to those that have family that is so different than they are. My kids understand. I’m so different than grandma and grandpa. We love them, but I’m so different.  I am so much LIKE my aunt. lol  It’s how the apple falls and thankfully I am surrounded by many that love me for who I am, let alone what shift I am.

I’m ready to plan a shift wives vaca, cause we need to start small somewhere.

When you are having fun they just fly by don’t they?  The holiday season must be in full swing.  But this 4 day was so needed.  We spent a lot of time with friends and our family.  There was dinner at a friends house to watch football on Thursday night, then Friday night a friend had a party to thank those that helped with their remodeling.  We haven’t all gotten together like that in many months so it was just awesome.  Especially to add in a few of the new guys/wives that just got hired or just got off probation.  Then Friday night was a retirement party for one of my clients Dad’s actually.  lol  See it’s a damn small world   She and I didn’t know a thing about each other when she first hired me to train her.  Then our lives just showed a huge intersecting.

Anyway, the retirement party went really well.  He’s been in fire service since 1962 and it was very rural out here for many years.  They roasted the hell out of him.  lol  Good times!  Sunday we spent up on the slopes just the 4 of us.  It snowed like crazy half the day and it wasn’t supposed to.  So it was AWESOME!

Today hubby started his set and it’s trying to have record cold.  I’m hoping all their calls are inside if they get any at all.

I’m posting all of this happiness because I need to pull the happy moments of the last week to the front of my mind.  Tomorrow is the memorial for the murdered Lakewood Police Officers.  Unless hubby has something else planned, I won’t be able to not watch.  I’ve had a headache for the last few hours from watching them get ready for this huge event.  I just ache with the tears I already know will be spilled tomorrow.

Anyway, I will post again tomorrow I’m sure.  But I wanted to get this happy post of the last few days in here first.  I want to remember what I do live for before I’m reminded how dangerous all of their jobs are.