State of Aviation Kickoff; Getting a Cold

One week ago tonight (18 January), I was at Creve Coeur Airport (http://crevecoeurairport.com/) for the Missouri Aviation Historical Society (https://moavhist.org/) meeting. This had been postponed by one week due to weather on its scheduled night. A packed house took in a "State of Aviation" event, in which local and regional aviation groups briefly addressed the membership and guests on their plans for 2018.

These groups included: The Aero Experience (http://aeroexperience.blogspot.com/); the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum (http://airandspacemuseum.org/); the St. Louis Section of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (https://info.aiaa.org/Regions/MW/SL/default.aspx); the Gateway Chapter of the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation (https://armyav.org/st-louis-missouri/); the Boeing Historical Council (http://www.boeing.com/history/); the Missouri Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (http://cafmo.org/); Gateway Squadron, Civil Air Patrol (https://www.facebook.com/CivilAirPatrolStLouisMoGatewaySquadron); the Defense Contract Management Agency at Boeing (http://www.dcma.mil/); Fair Saint Louis (https://www.fairsaintlouis.org/); the Greater St. Louis Business Aircraft Association (http://www.gslbaa.org/); the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum (http://www.historicaircraftrestorationmuseum.org/); the Saint Louis Science Center (https://www.slsc.org/); the Space Museum in Bonne Terre (http://www.space-mo.org/); the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show & STEM Expo (http://spirit-airshow.com/); the Association of St. Louis Area Archivists (http://stlarchivists.org/); Saint Louis Regional Historical Societies (https://stlregionalho.org/); the National Museum of Transportation (http://transportmuseumassociation.org/); the TriStar Experience in Kansas City (https://tristarexperience.org/); and, the Transportation Club at the University of Missouri at St. Louis (http://www.umsl.edu/~cts/Transportation%20Club.html).

My friend Linsey Daman (http://cacstlouis.com/index.html) and her mother Anne were there, and it was great seeing them. Linsey is in the Coast Guard Auxiliary and she got a military discount from the Society.

Work at the rental branch has gone very well the past few days. With the weather warming up after the sub-freezing temperatures earlier last week, it was great to be able to wash the vehicles' exteriors without fear of the water freezing up on them.

Saturday night (20 January), I went to the Marcus Arnold Cinema (http://www.marcustheatres.com/theatre-locations/marcus-arnold-14-cine) to see "The Post." Really good movie. I was seven years old when the Pentagon Papers case went down, and this movie brought back my memories of that period.

Over last weekend, I got my entries and supporting materials prepared for submission to the Missouri Professional Communicators (http://www.mpc-nfpw.org/cpsiteframepage.lasso?-token.lpuserref=113815.113118) Communications Contest. The entries--the IPMS/Gateway (http://www.ipms-gateway.com/) newsletter The Arch Scaler News, press releases for IPMS/Gateway's Invitational and Toys for Tots donation, and my blog--were submitted Monday (22 January). This is one day before the deadline. Results will be known in April. Wish me luck!

Also over that weekend, I got a chest cold. I made it into work, but was slowed down by body aches and a fever I felt that afternoon. Still, I persisted during the day. I rested at home right after work, and fulled a full day Tuesday and the partial day Wednesday.

I rested at home much of the day today, but I also did my laundry and drove out to Mark Twain Hobby Center (http://www.hobby1.com/) to get paint for a car model I'm working on for the IPMS/Gateway contest next month.

Later.