Same with the next morning, as I worked at the branch that morning. We kept our customers most satisfied and handled things most efficiently, so we did not have to stay too long after closing time.
After lunch and coming home to change, I made my way to Smugala's Pizza Pub (http://www.smugalas.com/smugalassunsethills) in Sunset Hills, where I caught the Pub2Park bus to Toyota Stadium in Fenton for that night's Saint Louis FC (http://www.saintlouisfc.com/) match against Orlando City B. I joined in the tailgate with the other St. Louligans (http://stlouligans.com/), enjoying a nice spread courtesy of Saint Louis FC, then picked up a large print of the head of club chief financial officer Tom Strunk, whose 50th birthday was that day. We marched in to the stadium before the match and pleasantly surprised Strunk with all the large head prints. We then took our place in Section 8 and cheered on our side, which won the match 2-0.
At halftime, after a demonstration match put on by St. Louis Ultimate (http://www.stlouis-ultimate.org/cms/), we St. Louligans came on the field to sing "Happy Birthday" to Strunk, which he greatly appreciated (I think). After the match, after the players serenaded the St. Louligans in appreciation of our support, I chatted with Strunk and with Saint Louis FC chief executive officer (and Saint Louis University classmate) Jim Kavanaugh. Tom signed my head print of his, which I will keep at home under lock and key. I also bought a pair of socks from St. Louis Ultimate, as a fund raiser for that group.
The next morning (17 September), I was at Kolping Fields in south St. Louis County to run lines on two under 15 boys soccer matches. They went well, with no real problems for my crew. I chilled out at home the rest of the day.
Back to work Monday morning, it was plenty busy. Fortunately, a Vehicle Service Agent (VSA) from another branch was there in the morning to help me and my team out. The manager said we should have a new VSA to join me at Ellisville in the coming weeks.
It was a bit slow going into work the next morning, due to fog. Fortunately, it wasn't too bad to be a real problem, but it did mean taking it easy on the drive to the branch.
After work on Tuesday (19 September), it was on to Calvary Presbyterian Church (http://www.calvarypresbyterianchurch.org/) in Mehlville for this month's meeting of IPMS/Gateway (http://www.ipms-gateway.com/). Perhaps it was the heat that night and/or the fatigue after hosting our Invitational contest earlier this month, but we had a low turnout of members and of entries in our quarterly contest for Modeler of the Year. I helped judge, as I had no entries, and our judges got it done in just a few minutes. We also had a recap of our show.
I flexed out of work yesterday afternoon, since I will be working this Saturday morning. I did some trips to pick up vehicles for our branch and to ferry the Ballwin branch's manager to the Manchester branch, so she could get a car for her branch. I came home to rest, and to catch up on the current film "The Vietnam War" running on PBS this week. I viewed the two most recent episodes from the DVR cache, then watched last night's episode. A terrific series.
This morning, after a jog to loosen up my legs for this weekend's games, I helped my mom with getting our new refrigerator installed in the kitchen. Two people from Sears (http://www.sears.com/) came to remove the old unit and to plus in the new one. After mom and I performed a hookup of water to the refrigerator (which also includes a freezer, and a panel for getting drinking water and ice in one of the front doors), we loaded the unit up with food.
Off to a company lunch this afternoon, and the Missouri Aviation Historical Society (https://moavhist.org/) meeting tonight. More on all those events and others next time.
Later.
