Another Monday

Thus begins another crazy week.

Today we have to go to Walmart for the Fire Department. One of my projects at work is organizing the upstairs storage area, and we need some stuff for that: shelving, hanging racks, hangers, sturdy storage crates, etc. Organization seems to be one of those necessary evils that no one likes to do. So right now, due to the lack of organization, we can't find stuff we know is up there, and we need stuff we thought we had. We also need batteries for the flashlights that the auxiliary bought us, additional batteries for PASS devices, and a locking filing cabinet. We also need to exchange the battery for the suburban. When we get home, Larry will be dropping us off, then going to the station to get some stuff done. He has EMT class tonight, too.

Tomorrow I work at the station, and then we have a meeting at 6:00 for some "stuff". Aimee has a backetball game, either in Sierra Grande or Crested Butte. Crested Butte is a twelve hour round trip event for them. Why they'd schedule a game like that during the week is beyond me. It's their last game of the season, though.

Wednesday I work at the station, and then Larry has EMT class. He's supposed to be working at the station that day.

Thursday is relatively tame; I work at the station, then everyone will be at home.

Friday, Lisa from the Aux and I will be going shopping to get more snacks and do it yourself breakfast stuff for the S-215-Wildland Firefighting in the Urban Interface class that Spanish Peaks Fire Department is hosting this weekend and next. We will then go stock the stuff we bought.

Saturday marks the start of S-215-Wildland Firefighting in the Urban Interface. I will be there at 7:00 to do breakfast set up, and help administratively as needed. I will also be going back around 11:30 to do lunch service, then checking in at 2:30 to see if they need anything and clean up a bit in the kitchen. I will lather, rinse, and repeat on Sunday.

We're doing all of this without daycare this week. Poor Megan's kids have the same stomach virus that my kids were fighting week before last. So she's out of service while her kids recover. From experience, she will need some rest after this-and some serious laundry time. I did 32 loads of laundry the weekend that everyone was finally better.

So last night we had a big fun family dinner. We did breakfast, with biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, dill potatoes, bacon and sausage. Jessica and Jamie came over, and we all had a good time. I meant to take pictures but I forgot. Through the rest of the week things will be much less relaxed, so last night was a really good night.

I didn't get much laundry done over the weekend, though. Saturday we were just lazy and Sunday I was working on some writing stuff and cleaning the kitchen. And the kids were doing some deep cleaning in bedrooms so there is "extra" laundry.

My home project this week will be doing the quarterly menu that I need to do so we can shop quarterly. As fire season continues to gear up, I will be planning an extra meal each week, a "convenience" meal. This is either a double up of an existing meal that will freeze well, or something that I can cook quickly, like chili mac. Like when I make lasagne, I will make three pans of it, and freeze the other two. I probably won't use them all, but they will be rolled over to next quarter. Lunches often work this way, as well, when I plan ahead like this, because often we will do leftovers for lunch. Once I get that quarterly shopping done, I will be able to bake more, too. We're getting a microwave, too, finally. Don't know where I'm going to put it, but we're getting it. I will be using the revolving breakfast menu and the revolving lunch menu for this, to simplify things, but I will need to plug them into actual dates so I know how much to buy. Because the kids go to school, we will buy more on the days they are home. I will also be making some changes to those.

OK, breakfast should be done by now.