The city I work for is mostly a business/ technology office complex. Don't quote me on the numbers but we have something like 30,000 people that actually live in the city, but Monday through Friday our city swells to over 300,000 people. With six ALS engine companies, two ALS rescues, and one Truck company the call volume for 30,000 people isn't very high. This might be great for some people, but for me it makes for way to much down time. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy sleeping most nights, but Saturdays and Sundays are the pitts! My station usually averages two to three calls a shift. This might not be a big enough call volume for most of you, it's enough to keep us busy and break up the day. Today I sit here wasting time trying to keep from going crazy. We've gone out and done hydrants this morning, we've done our drills and we've watched the falcons win there first game of the year........ As I sit here thinking about it we have actually been pretty busy for a Sunday, but I'm still bored out of my mind. Anyway I think I'll head for the weight room and kill some more time before we get some dinner.

P.S. The missing weed eater has been swept under the rug for now. I am always amazed at how some things are blown out of proportion. This seems to have been one of those things.