Nachos and a Saint Louis FC Win

I drove to World Wide Technology Soccer Park (https://www.saintlouisfc.com/soccerpark) in Fenton late Saturday afternoon (4 August) for the St. Louligans (http://stlouligans.com/) tailgate. This was prior to Saint Louis FC (https://www.saintlouisfc.com/) taking on Seattle Sounders FC 2. This night's tailgate featured a nachos buffet, with both nacho chips and pork rinds. I took some of both and topped them with ground beef, pulled pork, and chorizo, plus beans, melted cheese and sour cream. This filled my plate and then my stomach. I washed it down with beer from the St. Louligans' tap.

After the food and socializing, we marched into Toyota Stadium for the match. Some flags were included in our group, including one very large one that made a great impression.

Saint Louis FC jumped out 1-0 with a 3rd minute goal by Kyle Grieg, and added to the scoreline on Austin Ledbetter's 34th minute tally. Those goals plus a penalty kick save by Jake Fenlason in the 88th minute allowed the home side to run out 2-0 winners. This was Saint Louis FC's second win in a row, a streak they hope to continue at home this Saturday against Las Vegas Lights FC. We in the St. Louligans were sure happy to celebrate a win, especially with the players celebrating with us.

After a calm Sunday at home, it was back to work yesterday. A busy day made tougher by heat indices topping 100 degrees F (38 degrees C) by late afternoon.

I am off the rest this week on vacation. It will be a staycation, mostly in the St. Louis area. I will let you know what I do here.

Later.

Into June 2018

Back to work the day after Memorial Day (29 May), and it was one busy day with all the returns off the weekend and the start of a shortened work week. Still, my colleagues and I got it taken care of in good order.

After work the next night, I was off to Toyota Stadium in Fenton for the USL (https://www.uslsoccer.com) match between Saint Louis FC (https://www.saintlouisfc.com/) and Phoenix Rising FC,. I grabbed dinner from the concession stand, then joined the St. Louligans (http://stlouligans.com/) in cheering on the home side. Alas, this didn't go as we wanted, as Phoenix won 3-1.

Off work on the last day of May, I did some household chores. That night, I went to Rick Keasey's house in Edwardsville for the IPMS/Gateway (http://www.ipms-gateway.com/) (https://www.facebook.com/IPMSGateway/) (https://plus.google.com/u/0/109625362829756697296). After enjoying a barbecue dinner prepared by our host, the executive board planned our club's upcoming general meetings and discussed other club business.

Two nights later (2 June), I was back at Toyota Stadium for Saint Louis FC's match against Swope Park Rangers. After enjoying the St. Louligans tailgate--which featured chili and hot dogs--and a 40 minute weather delay, we marched into the stadium for the match. We came away happy this night, as Saint Louis won, 2-0. The players came over towards our corer after the match to thank us for our support.

This past week of work has been a good, and busy one. We welcomed two new people this past week: Rebecca, our new assistant manager, and Ryan, who will be a vehicle service agent during the summer. Both will be great additions to our staff, and most welcome in the coming months.

After work on Tuesday (5 June), I headed to the Sports Cafe (https://www.sportscafe.biz/) in Bridgeton for a happy hour by the Sex Positive St. Louis Meetup group (https://www.meetup.com/Sex-Positive-St-Louis). This event drew 75 people for drinks and conversation. I chatted with a couple of people that I knew, and a few I had not met until that night. Overall, it was a good night.

This morning, I was at the St. Louis Artists' Guild (https://www.stlouisartistsguild.org/) in Clayton for a planning meeting of the Missouri Professional Communicators (http://www.mpc-nfpw.org/cpsiteframepage.lasso?-token.lpuserref=113815.113118&-token.ref=9395.113118&-token.pagecall=page). Five of us talked about what we did this past year and planned our 2018-19 meetings. It was a fine discussion and much was accomplished.

Later.