Playing cards like the old days

This evening was like those I use to spend with John and Dan back in the day. But before we got to play cards I spent time trying to get the finally new feature built. I was making some headway on it. In fact by the time I was done with it I only had the database and some more GUI stuff to do. It feels like I have made real progress.

I went to the fire station around four in the afternoon to talk with Heston about the website. He threw out some ideas and we talked about what we could so to make the website better. I went with him to the deuce and on a couple errands he had to run. I helped him out as we were getting stuff done.

We got back to station one and he dropped me off. I was in the kitchen with John, Dan, VanNess, and Greg. We VanNess and I were talking about WalMart and the hearings. John and I were talking about the upcoming class to be a CPR and First Aid instructor. Having those things helps you out in the interview for the fire department job. But I don’t know if I am going to test or not. I am still up in the air about that.

John suggested that I stay and play cards. I was on call for the engine tonight so it would not be a big deal responding from station one to the deuce on calls. That is what Chuck pretty much does, distance-wise. So I went and got some dinner and came back to the station.

We started to play cards using Dan’s poker chips. We played until almost three in the morning when it was all said and done. We got two calls I had to leave for to go to the deuce. I never ended up responding on the engine anywhere. I talked to VanNess about my reservations about the fact that we put three on the engine and two on rescue when we have five people. I hope that we can get something changed on the shift so we can stop packing the engine and pack rescue instead.

I went home after we played cards. I ended up winning almost seven bucks when it was said and done. It was fun to play with those guys. We had not played together for a long time like that. I hope in the future we will play some more down there.