Double Blog Night

Well this is a rarity when I have to blog something twice in one night. But today wasn't the best day for me.

The phone went off at 4 to wake me and there was a text there already from work telling me of a house fire up in the north east. So I jumped outta bed and got ready and was out the door. On the way there I found out someone took a gas can and tried to light the house on fire. They found the can in the room where the damage was done. When I got there the fire was out and all the fire crews and police were gone. And it was a very dark street and hard to get shots for the station.

Next it was off to the station. And on the way back the truck got a tire low warning indicator on the dash. Not good seeing I just picked it up from the shop the day before and it was in for the same reason.

At the station the show went off without a hitch and I went on break.

Then I got the assignment of going out to Canyon Meadows Golf Course to cover the amateur golf tournament. When I arrived a sixty something lady took me out on the course on a cart and we shot some of the event. I nearly lost my brain matter from the rough areas she took the cart on. I didn't know she liked to go 4x4ing with a cart but we did. And scrambled brain cells was the result. Bring on the head ache.

Next I heard from my mortgage gal and found out that because of my ex's terrible bill paying habits, I have a terrible credit score and even with my parents as co-signers I can't buy a 2 bedroom condo I had my heart set on. And of course because of the amount of the house they cannot buy it even as a rental because they would need twenty percent down under the new law in place for rental properties. That's about double what I have in the bank. My mortgage gal felt so bad for me I could feel it through the phone. She's great.

It hit about 12pm and then the call went out over the scanner. Someone was hit by the C-Train just 2 blocks down the road from the station. A couple of camera guys went down to get the shots and I was sent to get pics for the web to post on the breaking story. When we got there it was pandemonium. Everyone was gawking and craning their necks to get a look at the gruesome scene. Then we all find out it was a five year old child who was with their grandfather on the platform and the kid fell into the train. I won't go into any more detail than that. It was a terrible sight.

Then it was home for a little nap. Where I was texted many times by my ex and told she has entered the kids into 2 camps each and I have to pay the %76 of the cost. And this is because her income from last year was low because she went on part time and didn't make much. So fair is fair I have to make up the difference because I have a career and work and she doesn't.

To top it all off I find out there were over one hundred calls to the fire department because of lightning strikes to buildings and a tornado warning for Calgary.

Has this world gone mad today? There must be a full moon or something going on because I can't wait for the day to be over and the new one to start.

Ciao for now.