Another Great Weekend

It was another great weekend on the books!

Saturday evening I met back up with Danielle and her brother.  Danielle and I had tickets to see Pauley Shore at the Liquid Laughs Comedy Club but he had to cancel earlier in the week due to the death of his mother.  The club rescheduled our tickets (which I am out of town for….waaaaahhhh) and allowed us to attend the back-up comic for free.

We started our evening at Probst! hoping to try some of their German food.  It was pretty busy and thankfully due to the nice weather, we snagged a seat outside.  We each ordered a beer and decided to share a couple of pretzels since the menu didn’t look as appetizing as we had thought.

 

 

From there, we walk to the comedy club to see if we could get Danielle’s brother in, since he didn’t have an original ticket like we did.  Once that was a go, we decided to have a bite to eat at the club.  Last time I had the Gyro so this time I tried the chicken tacos.  Holy Spicy!  The tortilla chips were good though.  Sadly, we have seen the same comic three times now.  He needs new material (not entirely his fault as we have been to the comedy club a lot recently and will be there again next Saturday for the reschedules Jay Mohr show).  The other three comics were really funny.  We had a great time.

The highlight of the night was ice cream at The STIL after the show.  The STIL is a new ice cream parlor in town that has up to four varieties of alcohol-infused ice cream.  And, they do ice cream and alcohol flights.  It was really delicious and very affordable.  I tried four different kinds for less than $6.  I really liked the atmosphere and think in the summer it will be a hopping spot.  It was already pretty busy on Saturday night with it not quite being ice cream weather yet.

 

Sunday was a surprise 13^th birthday party for my friend Jenny Ware’s son Trace.  He was surprised alright!  We waited in the park near the pond and his Grandma had told him they were going for a walk.  Once they got close, we all yelled “surprised”.  He had told his Grandma that he saw there was a party going on but didn’t realize it was for him.  I’d say that was a successful surprise.

 

 

 

Monday was pretty low key.  I attended a Monday morning WW meeting which I really liked and will share more on that tomorrow.  I also popped into the gym after and walked 1.5 miles on the treadmill. 

I rented The Greatest Showman on Sunday afternoon and ended up watching it all the way through two times and then skipped around to all the “show songs” about a bazillion times.  It was a really great move and the songs are fantastic.

MS Walk 2018

On Saturday, I participated in the MS Walk 2018.

This was my first time able to attend the walk since meeting my friend Julie several years ago. Julie lives with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) which is an auto immune disease that affects many people around the world.

This was the first year the walk was moved to a new location and took place at Julius M. Kleiner Park in Meridian. We all agreed that it was a great location with lots of parking and nice bathroom facilities. But, it was still a bit disorganized overall. Hopefully it is something they can work out as this location was a good one.

We arrived early enough to walk around the booths and collect our freebies. My favorite drug rep from Gilenya was giving out sweet sunglasses and selfie sticks. Both came in handy during the walk.

There is a choice of one mile or three mile loops and before we knew it, the walk was ready to start and off we went for our one mile loop.

We had the best time supporting Julie.

We learned that we could have won the team spirit contest had they seen our team earlier in the morning. Doh! We tried really hard to make our Minions team spirit top notch and have come up with ideas for next year.

After the walk we went to a vendor show at the Senior Center and I resisted the urge to spend money. Julie and I met up at Idaho Pizza Company for pizza and salad buffet for lunch.

It was an awesome day. I love my group of friends so much.

Friday Special Assignment

On Friday, I had the opportunity to work in our Mobile Command Center (MCC) on a emphasis in Owyhee County.

There was several different agencies that came to play including ICE agents. There were ISP troopers, sergeants, and detective, some of which I've not seen in a while. We had a great time.

The weather was a bit cold at the start but warmed up to 62 degrees with sunshine in the early afternoon. By late afternoon, a storm rolled in with some rain, clouds, and temps dropped to 41 degrees. I felt so sorry for some of our guys and gals out there. Everybody was in good spirits and despite some radio troubles, the emphasis was very successful.

I've not been on a deployment since 2014 and even though I've been dispatching for 12 years, I was super nervous. I'm so glad I had this opportunity.  And, I am glad I had great help in the MCC to ensure it ran as smooth as it could on our end.