Wednesday Thoughts

I'm really happy that the weekend is closer than the start of the week is at this point, as it seems like the week just drags on and on these days...

• I took a walk this morning, and down the street from our house is a parochial elementary school. It was interesting to see a fire engine company showing the kids how the ladder works, and giving them rides in the basket.
• We definitely have started seeing real weather here. Last night we were experiencing what I would call "a massive wind storm". Weather.com said it was 30-40 mph sustained, with 50-60 mph gusts. Can't wait for the snow to come with this stuff....
• Also standard with this "weather" is the rapid shifts from one type to another. Brynn and I went on a fairly long walk today, because it was sunny and very nice this afternoon. Not to be confused with the overcast, windy, terrible weather we had 12 hours earlier.
• It's hard to believe, but we are already having to start thinking about our next assignment. There are still about 9 weeks left on the current one, but due to the time it takes to get a license in new states, we've got to start doing paperwork already. We requested the paperwork for 3 states that we would not mind working in at some point, and hope to start these processes very soon.
• As some of you may have been told, the police cars here do not have the standard light package on top of their car (which would be a slim beam set of lights), but instead have the old style round siren. Pictures to follow for those that can't believe that.