Saturday Morning Ramblings

Kiwi and Peanut 

Here I sit in a semi-quiet household, Kiwi and Peanut are up early talking about how they want to do the Breast Cancer Survivors walk this morning to support their Aunt Terri. They both lost their sister Sophie last week from a cat form of breast cancer and they want to do all that they can do to raise awareness and support the survivors of Breast Cancer. Aunt Terri is their hero, they told me so. 

Yes the Breast Cancer Survivors walk will in fact take place this morning and it will be held at Mylan Puskar Stadium. Registration begins at 9:00 and the walk begins at 10:00. Park on the Silver Lot (where the facilities building is). The Monongalia County Health Department will be there administering flu vaccines and both Michelle and I will be once again getting g our vaccines there. Last year we were going to go and pay for them until we found out at last year's walk that the health department was doing them for free, so we'll take full advantage of the opportunity. 

After the walk I told Michelle I would like to do my civic duty and vote early in the 2024 Presidential Election. That way I don't have to worry about any crowds on Election Day or it interfering with work. Monongalia County has four locations where you can vote early if you choose to go that route. I am officially endorsing Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz for this election. I'm a GIS guy and Tim Walz actually gave the keynote address at this year's ESRI Conference in San Diego. 

The Mountaineers do play this evening, it's a 7:30 game I think and we are playing at Arizona. 

Have yourselves a superfantastic day, make it a good and productive one. 

Benefit Day

After all the planning and Amy and Ralph going out of their way to pull this event off, today os the day for my sister Terri's Spaghetti Dinner and Raffle Benefit to help raise money to help Terri out to battle the costs from fighting and kicking the hell out of Breast Cancer. 

The event starts at 4:00 this afternoon and runs until 8:00. Michelle and I will be going up earlier to assist, I know Nick is making his signature Spaghetti Sauce. There will be at least 25 baskets to raffle off, but there may be more by the time this thing actually kicks off this afternoon. We are hoping for a good turnout to show support for Terri and help her kick Breast Cancer's ugly ass. 

The band Helicopter Collective has volunteered to perform music this afternoon for a little while. No idea how long they are going to play, but their volunteering is much appreciated by all involved. Terri said her and Nick used to work with one of them at Ali-Baba's years ago when they worked there. 

The event will be 311 Mountainview Road (Google Maps), come out donate some money, maybe win a raffle or two and go home with your belly full knowing that you did something beneficial to a very deserving individual. 

Have a great day.