My Week

I had a busy weekend. Saturday I got my oil changed as soon as they opened then went to Lincoln Land Community College for the opening ceremony and wreath laying for Illinois Connections for Families of the Fallen. Then I went to the Old State Capitol to help volunteer from 11-3PM. Some of the reenactors did a tabloid performance. After that I picked up a wreath for the AmVets Riders to place at the Vietnam Memorial during the 24 hour vigil. Later that night our American Legion Post 759 had a one hour shift during the supermoon on 5/5/12.


At 4PM Derby Day at the VFW and I had my first mint Julep. It wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. I liked it better when the ice melted and the mint flavor soaked awhile. Those that had the drink before said these were not the best. I placed a $5 bet on a drawing but LOOSER! Folks dressed in derby attire.

We had a record high temperature on Sunday of 90 degrees surpassing the last record of 88. Despite avoiding the sun and sun block I did have a red V neckline.

Well made it to both. As long as they don't delay that closing ceremony, I can leave right after returning the POW flag back to full staff and make it to the ABATE State rally to the capitol. 2 members of the Sangamon Co Burial detail fainted out of the formation after some 45 min in the 88 degree sun. There 659 bikes at the ABATE freedom run from all over the state. After the rally, I had to go back to the memorial and pick up the wreath for the AMVETS riders to be used again for the Wall That Heals later this week.

I had to get a new modem and router last week and my son installed the cable on his laptop. The cable host should have been installed on the desktop but he was in a hurry to save his Kingdom. So when he tried to correct the problem, they said I needed a new hard drive because it would not recognize the new modem.

Monday evening I went to our American Legion meeting. Ed asked me to be on the scholarship committee but that is not in my area of interests. He asked what I did besides harass American Legion members. I showed him my blog and told him that was a long story and that my blog was an abridged letter to the soldiers.
Last week I had trouble with the cable internet. I got a new router and still had a problem. I got a new modem and still my son used his laptop as the main PC because he couldn't wait to get back to his kingdom. I told him that the desktop HAD to be the host for cable internet. So the following day he tried to set it up. It wouldn't accept cable internet. So I took the PC back to BLH where I got the Dell and learned that the network card needed to be replaced. He still needs to move the cable host from his laptop to the desktop or else I cannot access the family tree and other things well.

Tuesday, I took the afternoon off for an escort for the Vietnam Memorial Wall replica called the “Wall that Heals”. Weather was great for this. The traveling museum is sponsored by AmVets so we escorted the truck to place in Springfield. Since it was an Amvets event, Amvets Riders led the truck and other riders followed.

The little motorcycle has been having difficulty with holding a charge so I ran all over town looking for a motorcycle battery. Walmart had one for $36 but wanted me to fill it and charge it. I can’t do that. Same at Napa. So I went to Overturf Motorsports and they wanted $59. Jerry at the VFW suggested Mister Battery so I went the next morning. There’s still needs the acid and charge but I can get it tomorrow for $30.

Alan Connolly caught a bird in the house that came down my chimney. NO NESTERS allowed.

There’s a lot of talk going around about the Illinois state employee pension plan. New contract starts in July and there’s talk that anyone retiring after that will fall under the new contract. Talk of rising the minimum age from 60 to 67. I was planning to retire at 60. Key is that medicare kicks in and the state wouldn’t have to pay health insurance during the gap.

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