Advent - Day 17
Dec. 17th, 2008 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgHeard sirens in your neighborhood lately?
It's raining today, so the fire and police departments are really hustling. Water falling from the sky in Los Angeles = people losing their tiny little minds and forgetting how to drive. LOTS of accidents. LOTS of calls.
My service providers take such good care of me and mine. I live in the land of Emergency!, so flashy red fire trucks and HAWT firemen are no surprise...the station that served as the location for Station 51? Just down the street from home. I kid you not. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center? Rampart. Yup.
I can remember a world before paramedics, defibrillators and the like. I <3 Johnny and Roy. *slaps self*
I do think about my service providers often, and I take every opportunity I can to be good to them.
I've got to get that plate of cookies together and run it over to my local firehouse - that's one more thing I gotta get done.
It's dead simple, really. You got butter, flour and sugar? You got what you need for shortbread. Google it up and go for it.
Where's your local firehouse?
Well, Los Angeles' City website can tell you, but my preferred method is to look in the phone book and make a call or two.
Take some old books you aren't reading anymore, or magazines.
Say thanks.
And don't stop at the fire station. Got a walk-in clinic near you? A homeless shelter? Yes, even the police substation.
I remember one year Tommy and I went looking for the skid-row tour guide with cookies. (Didn't find him, dang it. He's been MIA since then. Hope he got a clue and a life....)
Make your own happiness - even if it's only for someone else. Notice.
And I'll see you tomorrow!
It's raining today, so the fire and police departments are really hustling. Water falling from the sky in Los Angeles = people losing their tiny little minds and forgetting how to drive. LOTS of accidents. LOTS of calls.
My service providers take such good care of me and mine. I live in the land of Emergency!, so flashy red fire trucks and HAWT firemen are no surprise...the station that served as the location for Station 51? Just down the street from home. I kid you not. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center? Rampart. Yup.
I can remember a world before paramedics, defibrillators and the like. I <3 Johnny and Roy. *slaps self*
I do think about my service providers often, and I take every opportunity I can to be good to them.
I've got to get that plate of cookies together and run it over to my local firehouse - that's one more thing I gotta get done.
It's dead simple, really. You got butter, flour and sugar? You got what you need for shortbread. Google it up and go for it.
Where's your local firehouse?
Well, Los Angeles' City website can tell you, but my preferred method is to look in the phone book and make a call or two.
Take some old books you aren't reading anymore, or magazines.
Say thanks.
And don't stop at the fire station. Got a walk-in clinic near you? A homeless shelter? Yes, even the police substation.
I remember one year Tommy and I went looking for the skid-row tour guide with cookies. (Didn't find him, dang it. He's been MIA since then. Hope he got a clue and a life....)
Make your own happiness - even if it's only for someone else. Notice.
And I'll see you tomorrow!
