I had planned on spending Wednesday morning at the horse farm that I help manage, because it was my day off and there is a nice bass lake there. I was gonna show up at the crack of dawn and get some topwater going. It is 6am and one of my managers calls me, he says "the roundhouse barn is on fire!". I and thinking that there is no way, but then I turn on the radio and sure enough, the entire area I am headed toward is shut down.

I call to make sure everyone is okay, I was afraid that someone I knew might be in the apartment or the office that was part of the barn. There were 20 stables but the horses were in the pasture, so that was good news.

I go to work, boat in tow, so I can get a cup of coffee. My boss is calling me constantly, he has TV cameras in his face and you could tell he needed some moral support, so finally he says the fire chief said you can come on out.

I get there behind WHAS, and WAVE 3 news trucks and call him to say there is a fire hose blocking the entrance. He says "Go over it! The news trucks did!". So I do and get this feeling like I did something stupid.

Anyway, the barn is completely gone, it was 60 X 80, now its a pile of garbage.

I am out on the lake fishing and my phone rings. It is my boss and he says he screwed up. The only police officer in Peewee Valley came over to him and says, "I am gonna have to arrest your friend out there on the boat!" My boss says, "You can't arrest him it's his day off!" Turns out it is against state law to run over a fire hose and that section of hose cost about $4500 and I am liable for damages if the pressure test is bad. Great!!! The news crews are immune to the law but ole Mike has to eat a turd sammich!

Anyway, the guy comes over and I thought about making him swim for it, but he really was a nice fela who was just doing his job, so he cuts me some slack and writes me a citation. Apoligizes the entire time and tells me he'll come to court with me. Then the fire chief says the hose tested okay and that he'll personally write a letter to the prosecutor on my behalf explaining the situation.

About that time I ask the police officer where his hat was, he left it on the floor in the house which was 300 yards away and there is an 8 month old yellow lab in there that owns that floor. Cool hat too.

That was my wednesday, I ended up catching around 50 fish.