The Narrows Bridges New and Old~

Happy Birthday Dad!!!
The Fireman~ :)

Sunday was my Dads' 64th birthday. We took the drive out and had some great family time. We got to spend time with family members we don't see very often. I also took some pictures of the Narrows Bridge as we passed over it. The new bridge is supposed to be ready in August sometime. Samantha has possibly inherited my fear of heights as she doesn't ever look forward to crossing over the Narrows when we go out there.

Well quite possibly you've heard the rumours? Matt caught himself on fire yesterday, yes you read that correctly. He has second degree burns on his knee but he is in a good humour as usual. Here's the scoop: He was out doing some landscaping (his business is landscape and irrigation) using a weedburner. (huge torch! big flame! burns weeds right up!!!) So he is pretty focused on what he is doing and doesn't realize he caught the loose fringe on his knee on fire until he feels some stinging on his knee. He had two layers of clothing on and didn't feel the heat. He looked down and had flames halfway up his right thigh by then. He immediately tried to pat the flames out with his bare hands, getting some of the inner layer flaming melting, unnatural, fabric (read polyester) stuck on them in the process so his hands were flaming too. He said three things went through his mind:

1. AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

2. AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

3. RUN!!!!

The hardest thing was not running. He threw himself into some wet grass and rolled around until the flames were out. Then he came home and convinced himself not to go into shock. He did not tell me any of this until I returned home from work. I probably would have come home and insisted on medical care or something... He went to work today as usual and I have ordered him a flame proof suit (just kidding :) I was hysterical with laughter when he mentioned he took off the flame bead I made for him. I told him he was lucky it didn't have a lightning bolt on it.