Soccer, New Phone, and Happy Hour

Last Saturday night (7 April), I was at World Wide Technology Soccer Park (https://www.saintlouisfc.com/SOCCERPARK) for the St. Louligans (http://stlouligans.com/) tailgate prior to Saint Louis FC's (https://www.saintlouisfc.com/) match against Fresno FC. The tailgate featured chili--seven varieties of it--that we could sample and vote on as the best of the lot. It was most welcome, as it was rather chilly for April.

After the tailgate, we marched into Toyota Stadium for the match, which ended up drawn at 1. Saint Louis scored from the penalty spot just before halftime, but Fresno leveled it early in the second half. Saint Louis actually had the run of play, so it was a disappointing result. We'll see about bettering that tonight against LA Galaxy II.

Up early the next morning, I was at Sportport International (http://www.sportportintl.com/) in Maryland Heights to officiate three St. Louis Youth Soccer Association (SLYSA) (http://www.slysa.org/). They went well, including my middle in an under 15 girls match. I did feel a bit stiff afterward from the activity, but otherwise I was fine. After the match, I had lunch at Saint Louis Bread Co. (https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/home.html) in Des Peres.

I put in a good day of work on Monday (9 April) at the rental branch. Good thing, as it was a busy morning as usual. Back home that night, I found the new phone I ordered waiting for me. It's a Samsung (https://www.samsung.com/us/) Galaxy S7 from CREDO Mobile (http://www.credomobile.com/). This is a trade-in for the Galaxy S6 I have had for a little over two years. After charging it up, I was able to activate my new phone and start getting it set up for my uses. (I will be sending CREDO the old phone in the coming days.)

After work Wednesday night, I headed to Joey B's Food & Drink (http://www.joeybsmanchester.com/) in Manchester for a happy hour being given by my Enterprise (https://www.enterprise.com/en/home.html) colleague Hannah Gober. She's leaving daily rental by the end of this month to become a business analyst at corporate headquarters in Clayton. Employees from our area had a good time that night.

Off work Thursday (12 April), I finished the April issue of The Arch Scaler News for IPMS/Gateway (http://www.ipms-gateway.com/) (https://www.facebook.com/IPMSGateway/). I printed and mailed out copies for a few members, then emailed to the rest of the members.

Back at work yesterday, it was a full day of exceeding customer expectations. Naturally, I did my part. During my lunch break, a check of my Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/) feed showed a post on my profile from my former Enterprise colleague Kimberly Jansen. She was thanking me for the greeting and gift cards I sent her this week to congratulate her on her new home. Kim said these made her day. I was very happy to have done so.

I have a luncheon and soccer later this weekend. More on those events in my next post. Also, next week is the return of Circus Flora (http://circusflora.org/) with their new location in Midtown St. Louis and their new show, "The Case of the Missing Bellhop." The first of my volunteer assignments is this Thursday (19 April). The Alanian Riders (https://alanianriders.weebly.com/) will be among the acts in this year's show. Hope to see you there!

Later.