Monday, July 6, 2015

Boom Squad

What an exciting week it has been!  The past week has been a whirlwind of preparations for America's birthday!  To start the week, we again completed a full day of yard work. 4 more of our bushes have made their way out of our backyard and our view has been greatly improved.

As for the rest of the week, I have been completely engrossed in the fireworks process. As a part of the Frankfort Indiana Jaycees we put on the largest hand fired fireworks show in the state of Indiana. On Wednesday, we found ourselves sorting through $13,000 worth of fireworks to set up the show. We sorted the shells by size, prepped them for firing, and sorted them into tubs for the night of the 4th. The biggest she'll is the size of a basketball and costs $500 on its own!!!

On Friday, 20+ Jaycees met on hole 11 of The Golf Preserve at Frankfort to begin sledging rebar into the ground to secure the mortars out of which the shells are fired. This process took a total of 2 hours, our quickest yet, and required quite a lot of physical labor (definitely a workout). A few of us headed out to Applebee's after to catch up and have some dinner. 


Saturday consisted of us meeting early for lunch at the TPA park to have some of the best Mexican food you have ever had. After a torta and a taco we had the afternoon to relax. We met back up at the Jaycees hall to have a pitch in dinner followed by last minute setup before the show. After a couple test shots we had to make some final adjustments to an entire row of mortars. We got it done and headed down to the hall to change clothes and prepare for the shoot ( hard hat, eye and ear protection, etc. ). 

Finally, the show began and for the next approx. 24 minutes I got my only adrenaline rush for the entire year. Running back and forth carrying live shells in your hands with burning ash falling around you is an experience like no other. We don't see a single firework go off until the finale when we are done loading our own shells. But, we wouldn't have it any other way. We feel our show is full of heart and love putting it on for the people of Frankfort.

Getting to bed at 4:00 am on Sunday morning didn't give my body enough time to recover and my weigh in resulted in a loss of only 0.1 lbs. I weighed in at 273.6. That puts my total weight loss at 20.7 pounds total. I don't think I will make my 30 pound goal by next week but I am still headed in the right direction. Thanks everyone for taking the time to read my blog this week. Until next week... Food. Feet. Water. Repeat

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