Halifax Carnival, Night 2

I went to bed last night around 04:00 hours and got up this morning at 11:00 hours. I got out of bed and ate lunch and read the paper. I then changed into old street clothes and then grabbed my father's cordless drill and my bag of zip ties and then headed up to the fire house. I got there and went beside the old fire house and picked out a decent old 2 x 4 and put that in my car. I then went in the old fire house and grabbed the two spot lights that we used for our festival and put them in my car also. I then went in the station and grabbed the power strip that we got from forestry and used at our festival and also the box of screws and put both of those in my car. I then grabbed the sledge hammer off of the Engine and put that in the front seat of my car. Bubba then showed up and I mentioned to him about being 1 report short for July. He then checked the reports and found that he didn'e put the one for the oil spill in. So he quickly added that one in and printed out another activity report for July for me. I then got in my car and headed into the Borough Park to get the lights for the four wheeler table set up. I got in there and got the lights and power strip attached to the 2 x 4 and set at the right angle and then left and headed back out to the fire house. Once there I moved the Engine out and then shifted the Utility over to the Engine bay to work on it. I went over the compartments and then the cab. I did the windows, and the floor and dash with Armorall and then Kenny and Schoffstall and Katina showed up and we all got talking. Kenny and Schoffstall then went down to work on the windows on the Engine. I then pulled the Utility out and washed it. Kenny and Schoffstall helped me finish washing it when they were done with the Engine. I then put tire shine on the tires and then had Kenny and Schoffstall move the trailer over and back it into the Engine bay. I then backed the Utility up into the Engine bay and hooked up to the trailer. Meanwhile, Schoffstall moved the Engine up and him and Kenny started working on that. Bubba then came back up from getting a shower at his house and helped me load the four wheeler on the trailer. I then put the soft suction in the back of th Utility that I was going to sell to the guy from Dauphin that has the CF-Model Mack and bought two of our old Scott Air Packs from. I then ran home and took a shower and changed into my uniform and then grabbed the money box and my camera and headed back up to the fire house. Blue Knob was already there and were washing their Tanker up. I then got the cooler filled and loaded onto the back of the trailer and then the skies started getting dark out. I pulled out around 16:45 hours and we headed into town. I headed down to the park and dropped the wheel and cooler off and put the sign up out front. While I was there, naturally is started raining. I then headed up to the high school and went up into the upper lot and dropped the trailer and four wheeler and then went down and parked in front of Bubba. By then it was starting to rain at a good pace. It eventually stopped just as they started judging. We all went through judging and then lined up. After I got parked, I headed down and got something to eat for dinner and then had House help me set up the table and chairs for the four wheeler and then headed back up to the trucks. The parade was nice and once back at the park, we unloaded the four wheeler and parked the trailer off to the side and then got in the stand. We were swamped the first half hour and got rid of quite a bit of candy. It then slowed down. I then got out for awards and I took 1st Place with the Utility. We packed up around 22:49 hours and got everything loaded up. I then quickly ran up to Giant and got $14.00 more of candy for the next two nights and then headed out to the station. Once there LeeAnn helped me with unloadin the four wheeler and the trailer and then she headed on home. I put the Utility and Engine away and everything else on the Utility. I then went up to the hall and counted the money. We made $88.45 for the night, which is very good for a Thursday night. I then headed on home and am soon going to bed as I am tired.