May 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
It’s raining teeth in my house! It seems like every other day one of the girls is savagely ripping out teeth from their mouths. At times, I ask them if the tooth was even loose before the unexpected departure from their mouths. To me it was not a pleasant experience, ripping my teeth out. At times, I would let them just sit there because of how grossed out I was that it was wiggling and making that tearing sound/sensation in my mouth. In my house, with the loss of the tooth comes the “appearance” of the tooth fairy. Too be perfectly transparent, there is no REAL appearance of the tooth fairy….and while I think I probably could outdo Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as a tooth fairy, I do not have a costume….at this time. The girls all still believe he/she/me is real!
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Mar 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Let me paint a picture for you. I had it all planned in my head. I decided to take the girls to Brookfield Zoo for the day. I enjoy when they bring friends along as they normally all police each other and I am just a sheep herder. One of Mia’s friends from school was able to go with which made it that much more special.
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Mar 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Well I was going to change one of the letters in the title but I figure I might offend the majority of people so I went the PC route. This is a very true statement as I have seen a perfect example with my own girls….Circa 03/26/2019 @ ~1500! Let me break it down for you.
Milana came running in the house about that time saying Bella had been injured and was crying. Bella (aka Diablo) is probably the toughest of the three girls. While she still cries, she will shrug some stuff off with an “I’m Okay!”. She dusts herself off and back in the action. In fact, she is my little fighter. Diablo will actually take swings with some ferocity. I could see her future occupation as the next Bruce Lee, Good Fella or just general enforcer. My brother actually gave her a new name due to the way she carries herself and her deep voice – Lenny (Story for a different day). She will definitely be the one that could bring the beat down….so Jussie Smollet better be on the lookout from Lenny!
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Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
I’m sure this post will get me plenty of attention with all the haters out there that talk about limiting “screen time”. To them…I say SUCK IT! Unfortunately, my plan to use Netflix to my advantage almost failed me with Bella aka Diablo. Since I had a pretty shitty night on the Engine as detailed in my last post (A Senseless Act), I figured I could get a cat nap in while only Diablo was home with me.
I started off the day with sunglasses on (even inside) while I dropped Diablo off for a half day at school. I felt like I was hit by a Mack Truck due to lack of sleep but figured if I put my head on a pillow Diablo would have been forgotten about for many hours as I got my beauty sleep. I bitch slapped sleep back for a couple of hours by keeping my mind busy on other things. The time snuck up on me so quickly and off I was driving to go and pick her up. As I walked her back to the car, we had the following conversation:
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Mar 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
This morning was one of those mornings that we as firefighters/EMS do not look forward to. It is one of the calls that you prefer not to be part of but is the reality being a first responder. Seeing these types of incidents really instills in my heart the great work that both law enforcement and fire/EMS service really do for communities.
Let me just preface this by this was arguably the worst incident that I have been part of since being promoted when it comes to loss of lives. I will not get into the details of the incident except from a general sense. The tones went off at approximately 0140 this morning for an accident with entrapment. When we arrived there were two vehicles. One that was on its roof and the other in the middle of the roadway. Both vehicles had heavy damage. To make a long story short, two lives were lost this morning and countless others were forever impacted by a senseless act.
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