So after he graced us with his presence for just enough time to eat dinner, he was off again. And he chooses these words to me as he walks out the door..." I need to go help them clean up". He picked the wrong words at the wrong time! I was in the middle of vacuuming up dog hair (his dogs that I adopted when we got married) for the 4th time this week, the dishes from dinner were overflowing the sink, the dishwasher needed to be emptied, the laundry needed to be folded and put away, and the lawn needs to be mowed, not to mention the fact that our 2 year old is running around asking Mommy to play with everything! And he NEEDED to go help them clean up after he spent all day Sunday at a fire company fundraising event. Well all I could think is how about you help me clean up! (which he will be to tired to do when he gets home, and tomorrow, well he'll be back at the fire company for their monthly meeting after work)
Which in turn leads me to my rant about Volunteer Fire companies. Not only are these VOLUNTEERS there for their community at a drop of a hat to rescue you from your home, car, tree or to save your home or car they work their butts off to raise money so that they can have all the equipment they need to properly do their jobs! So much of their time AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILY is spent fundraising so that they can get up to date equipment or get more training so that they are better prepared to help YOU. My husband spent his day Sunday away from his family to raise money for his fire company, just to spend Monday night away from his family cleaning everything up that they used on Sunday. And I will admit although they are all doing something good for the community it is so frustrating that it takes so much time away from his family, not to mention the fact that it is above and beyond the 10 hour work days he works already. I realize now that so much of the frustration that I have could be relieved if more people had the mind set that my husband does and puts so much time into helping others. I wish that I was able to help more, but haven't been able to be very helpful while chasing a 2 year old around. But in my pre-mommy days I spent many nights after work at the fire company carnival and other events volunteering and helping them raise money. Even if it is not going through fire training to become a fire fighter, you can help your local volunteer fire company by volunteering for fundraising events, even if once a month, or once a year, you being there might mean that a firefighter can spend a little more time with their family. It would take so much pressure off the guys and gals that work so hard on their fire fighting duties it seems unfair that they also have to take on all the other duties also. So if you are able call up your local fire company and find out what you can do! End rant.
