Catching up on the news...

Now that I am finally in the same month as my blogs, let's do some more catching up... Congratulations to Cousin Amelia's daughter Allyson and her husband Sam on their wedding on August first... My sincerest and best wishes for their new life together. Couldn't make it to the wedding, but the pictures came out great! (Thanks for access, cousins).

I got a call from both companies this week to work on the same day. Company 1 wanted me to work the restaurant again, but Company 2 called and gave me 40+ hours working overnight shifts in the Convention Center...(inside, air-conditioned, can sit down and read...no brainer, right?). I'll take 40 hours of greens fees any time...because the shifts allowed me to play golf also. So, I played golf the early part of the week...(the game is in hot mode right now, the handicap is dropping and the consistency is better than ever) and reported to work Friday night at 6:30pm. I was supposed to patrol the North building hall where some computers were set up and meeting halls were located...(a convention for soldiers and their families), but there was some confusion (mostly on my part) and the client for another convention scooped me up to work for them... (Gold Canyon is a home business company and they were having their annual convention and awards ceremonies and after party). The convention was about 90 percent women dressed to the nines partying until around 1am. I had my shirt, tie and blazer on...(convention center garb for company 2) and was roaming the convention and after party helping (wink,wink) the ladies whenever I could. Had some interesting conversations to say the least (and offers to supply some private security...you ladies can be as bad as the guys!). the party broke up around midnight and the night supervisor found me and re-deployed me to where I supposed to be...across the ballroom on the other side of the building...oops. No harm though...it was all locked up. So I spent the rest of the night patrolling the floor, making sure doors were locked, no suspicious characters were lurking about and no homeless people were camping around the building outside. And I read my book (Ken Follett's World Without End--a sequel to his Pillars of the Earth). Set in medieval England during the 1300's and historical fiction. Excellent read.

The next night was more of the same. 12 hour shift beginning at 6:30 pm and patrolling the halls. The only problem was that around midnight most of the lights were turned off and a/c was shut down for the night. It got a little warm in the building with the jacket and tie on, but I couldn't take it off because I was surrounded by windows and you never know who would be peeking in (must keep up appearances). At least I wasn't on the second floor. y colleague up there was roasting by the middle of the night (after a day of 100+ temps it only goes down into the 90's overnight). They kicked up the a/c around 5:30am to make it comfortable for the convention which started again at 0700 hours (military time--armed forces and all). Met some really cool Marines and thanked them all for their service. Sunday was a half day for me. 6:30pm til midnight and then another guard took the rest of the shift. Caught up on some sleep...(nights make for wacky sleep habits) because Monday night (I'm pretty sure it was Monday) I was pulling a 6:30pm to 8am shift at a golf convention across the street in the South building. It a gold wholesalers show with apparel and gadgets and clubs and accessories and i was going to keep an eye on it overnight... (how great was that!). The show closed at 7pm and everyone left for the night. We rolled down the freight doors, closed the gates to the parking lot and locked all the doors leading into the hall. I spent the night window shopping and reading because they had nice chairs and tables set up for the show...(my feet and legs were very happy). Then around 6am the event manager came in and I helped check vendor credentials until 8am and then called it a day (night--you know what I mean). Went home and slept until around 6pm, had something to eat, and went right back into the bed. (Tough life, but someone's got to do it).

I know this part is out of chronological order but since I am writing this today (August 18) I must wish Sister Sheryl a very Happy Birthday... my "baby" sister is now an undisclosed amount of years (I'm no dummy--I ain't saying) and I hope she has a great birthday... I am really looking forward to my visit in October... I miss her and especially my nieces, Vee and Nat, very much... but that's a story for a later time when the plans become finalized... Happy Birthday, Sheryl...