Who Ya Gonna Call?

You’ve gotta teach me how you manage to keep those grocery runs to once a week. I usually have to go at least twice! And look at you Apple Paying it up! Oreos are serious business, so I get the desperation to turn to technology to bail you out.

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I don’t think I’m doing anything special, I just plan out what I need to make for the week and shop according to that. Something tells me there’s far less planning going down on your end and that’s what’s going to jam you up.

As for the serious business, is it you or James that would be devastated without them?

Pfft, I bet you’re grateful that you work with some younger people who have been brought up with technology! Glad they were able to show you how to put apple pay onto your phone, if you need any tips, lemme know, I have like, every app going at this point.

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You could have said that in a way that makes me feel less old, just so you know. I will have you know that you’re the outlier at the station if we’re talking generations. I’m still a millennial, Harry, I just don’t always have the time to put such things on my phone because my priorities lay elsewhere.

I am curious though, how can you have all the apps? Aren’t there a million?

Oh shoot. I know they’re kinda like out of style now, but what about the wallets that have the chain to them that you loop on one of your belt loops? That’s saved me so many times. Especially since my phone isn’t always 100% charged when I go to the store and if it’s dead I’d be screwed.

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Are you even old enough to remember when those were in style? Plus, I don’t think a one time mistake is a reason to get a whole new wallet. My phone, as the Captain of the fire station in Lima, is always charged. You never know when something is going to happen, even elsewhere in the county.

I was so fucking suspicious of the security around having cards on our smart phones, it took me ages before I finally gave up and succumbed to being a part of the tech youth. And I gotta say, it is a fucking lifesaver at times but I am also a sucker for leaving my wallet at home. 

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It wasn’t so much the security I was worried about, I don’t think a company like Apple would even take slight risks in regard to that because that would just mean probably losing their company to lawsuits. I guess it was more the actual setting it up and remembering to use it.

Apple Pay is literally the biggest blessing ever. I don’t even know how many times I’ve forgotten my debit card and I was able to use my phone.

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Well I don’t plan on making this forgetting thing a habit. Not having my wallet meant I didn’t have my license despite that I was driving. And in general not having ID in case of an emergency is not something I want for myself.

Not the Oreos. The princess would have been very upset to have to leave without the Oreos. I still haven’t figured out the whole … card on the phone thing. Guess this is a sign I should get Maise to do it for me. 

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Well if you’re scatterbrained enough (and I didn’t think I’d hit that level) to leave your wallet at home when you run in for groceries, it just might save your last shred of dignity so I’m all for this Apple Pay now. As for the Oreos, I’m hoping this obsession is merely a phase.

I mean, if I didn’t get my fix of Oreos from the grocery store I’d expect the world to implode too, a girl can’t live without her sweet fix. Sometimes technology and the future world can actually be pretty handy and a good change, we just have to embrace it.

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I don’t know what it is about the Oreos lately but if that’s what I have to make sure I get for school lunches, so be it. I don’t entirely see the appeal, so you can send the witch hunt after me now I guess.

I just never really got the appeal of having my cards connected to my phone because I always have my wallet with me, but it proved worthwhile.

You’re pretty close to it. The lack of dairy in your life is so sad. Because you’ve met me, and there’s no way I haven’t always been this charming. It’s just who I am. 

Oh, I know. They always warn the new captain or the new Bat. Chief, but y’know, I’m a much better firefighter than they give me credit for. 

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I’m really not. There’s plenty of uses for dairy but just because I don’t always have milk in the house doesn’t make me vegan. I use cheese plenty.

Good firefighter or not, I think they had plenty of reasons to warn me given your specific history. If I’d had to deal with a probie like you I might have retired already.

I’m sure you can probably figure it out, if you know Puck well enough. 

That honestly super adorable. No wonder I’ve heard people talk about how “that fire captain is total DILF/stroller meat” more than once at the bar. Hot, a great dad with a big heart… yeah, you’re a damn catch. I wish I felt like that about where I sleep and eat, but I spend less time there than I do at the bar. 

Yeah, I’m sure they would too. I’m going to talk to an accountant… god, that sounds so adult, and figure shit out 

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I’m just not going to try.

I didn’t really realize people were talking about me, at least people that I’m not close to. I don’t know how accurate the stroller part of the comment is, we’re a long time from that. I know not everyone has the same deal with their home, but it’s also different when you have kids and your entire perspective switches. I love the firehouse, I do, but nothing is home.

Well, I think being adult isn’t always a bad thing.

Uh huh, sure it was. Yeah… should definitely give them a heads up. Oh, no doubt. I was definitely more popular because I was friends with the first grade girls. Charming then, charming now. 

I promise you that Lt Puck is definitely not as impulsive or stupid as probie Puck. Though, I definitely got laid a lot in my early days with the station. 

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It was ... for the most part. And it’s not like I’m vegan, we have ice cream here too. Why am I entirely unshocked that you apparently charmed your way into hearts even at five? 

I really don’t need to hear those stories again. You were the one I was warned most about when I took this job.

I did. I remember. You ate chocolate ice cream and I was very concerned that you’d been body snatched. I also wouldn’t put that past her… she seems very protective of him, which is nice. Them being together definitely helps, but y’know, it’s still hard. 

Oh, they have show and tell next week, I need to borrow an engine. 

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It was healthy...ish chocolate ice-cream, I’ll have you remember. I really won’t put it past her not to constantly be over there... we should probably give their teachers a heads up, I can do that tomorrow. But, if anything I know from that long ago, he’ll be pretty cool for knowing a first grader.

Well you know that all depends on what’s going on that day. And it has to come back in the same condition it left in. I don’t want to have to live what your old captain did.

Today is Damien’s second day of school. I managed to get through yesterday just fine, somehow. No crying, nothing. But this morning? Crying. Didn’t want to let him go. He’s growing up far too fast and I hate it. It’s like I blinked and boom, he’s going into kindergarten, and Mel isn’t here to see it. This was not how this was supposed to go. 

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I absolutely promise you that he will be okay. Kindergarten is a hard one and you saw me go through it all last year. You know that Sophia’ll be checking in on him during recess and I don’t really put it past her to not purposely walk past his classroom. It wasn’t how it was supposed to go but it’s how it’s going and we can’t change that.

Oh wow, so yeah, they’re still getting in the swing of things! Well, hopefully they’ll get threw it without too many germs passed along!

Honestly, I can’t even imagine. You and your co-workers are truly heroes. Exactly, which is hard to find these days. And noble. I’m sure it makes the hard work rewarding. 

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Day one was a success, at least on our end, I don’t know if Puck is entirely happy with the whole ordeal but the first year is pretty hard.

Well thank you, Marley. We’re just out here doing what we know is right, and not everyone can do this job. We’re no better than the person making the coffee at the Lima Bean or packing groceries at the market, it takes every job to make the world turn.

Unfortunately, no apology came. They just sat there like tontos before they quickly ran out. Let’s hope they think twice before making comments like that. 

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I will never understand the minds of anyone who choose to just be genuinely rude and won’t even own up to it when they’re caught. I hope they will too, but from the sounds of it, it’s less than likely.

It was something else. He said the most ridiculous thing to Sam and I once… He wanted to know how many balls we could fit in our mouths. I don’t remember how Sam reacted, but I definitely remember mine. Not something to be repeated on a public forum, that’s for sure. 

That was insanely cheesy. “Home” for me is just where I sleep. I don’t spend a lot of time at home, honestly.

I mean, I’ve been saving up for a few years, initially to do a North America road trip, but… I’d hate to pass up the chance to buy it, keep it “in the family”, as it were, rather than risk some outsider coming in, buying it, and changing everything about it. It’s kinda terrifying, but, honestly…Seth Evans, Owner of Scandals has a nice ring to it. 

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You know what, I don’t think I’m going to ask what you said. I’m not curious and I never need that in my brain.

Home is everything I’ve built for myself and my daughter. It’s where we can just relax and I get to hear about her day or tell her bits about mine. It’s where I do half of my cooking and where I sleep two thirds of the time. It’s home and there really aren’t many places better.

It’d be a big thing but I’m sure your cliental would rather it still be locally owned and operated. It has a really nice ring, definitely impressive.

Overheard two guys at The Lima Bean conversing in Spanish. One of them explaining what he would do to me if I went home with him. Needless to say, they both were in shock when I started speaking Spanish right back to them. Español es mi segundo idioma, pendejos. @limafmstarters​

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Well I sincerely hoped they apologized and learned how to think twice before they spoke. I don’t even understand how people can think that’s even appropriate to mention even if they think they’re being private about it. I’m sorry.