The local fire & rescue department held a fund-raising pancake breakfast with Santa Claus this morning down at the community center. They asked me to help out, so I went down there and helped serve the pancakes and sausage. It was a nice time, seeing a lot of neighbors that I haven’t seen since my parent’s funeral. I got a lot of invitations to come drop by and see them during the holidays. Of course I said I’d try to work it into my schedule. It was fun seeing how excited all of the children got when Santa arrived to hand out a few gifts that parents had brought in ahead of time. Of course Santa arrived (and left) on a fire truck, sirens blaring! I’m thinking about learning to drive an ambulance and volunteer to be a driver for them since I live so close by to the station. I’ll have to make a point to talk to them about it more when we’re not busy serving up breakfast!
Lots of things on my mind….