followed by the call for a possible tanker truck on fire on the interstate. I took a minute to get dressed and hopped in the car - I'm a 15 minute drive from the firehouse - a state trooper arrived and reported smoke but no flames and quickly reported no fire.
By then the asst. chief had made it to the station and was enroute in the engine.
And by then I was aware of my painful face and remembered my sunburn. Please let there be no fire I thought, there's no way in hell I can "mask up" and strap a rubberized face piece on which is SOP for battling vehicle fires, even from a distance.
I was relieved when Chris reported the fire was indeed out and told another firefighter who was standing by with the water tanker at the station, to not respond. I headed back home and when I went into the bathroom and saw my face, I thought I could never leave the house until this is over - I guess during the night, the skin started the process of blistering and filling the burned skin with fluid - I had two huge white teabags hanging under each eye. I've never had bags under my eyes and last night the face was evenly burned, so where the hell did these extra folds of white skin come from?
A few hours later came another call for a vehicle fire and I again headed to the fire house but by now the fluids had receded and the big puffy bags were gone. No fire again, and with the recommendation of a medic, aloe is being liberally applied, LOL! Though there were dangerous winds elsewhere last night, the big storms that came down from the north left us with very cool and very windy weather all day - I have been tempted to just sit outside with my face in the air!
At least Saturday when I crank open the sunroof and head north, my face and neck should be well prepared for a few weeks of sunshine from above!
