It has been an interesting couple of weeks....busy as usual...but even I am getting tired of hearing myself say that.
As noted - the Fourth of Jul
y usually means a parade or two for me. And this year it was indeed two parades. On July 3rd we did the 9th Annual "4 Mile Death March" aka the Bartlett 4th of July Parade. It wasn't as hot as years past, and this year I actually drove instead of walk. Usually, I decorate my Jeep in the colors of the Rebellion and have someone else drive it while I walk the parade. This year I could not get anyone to drive it...so I drove it myself. This year I also didn't shuttle people to our staging area and that was less stressful as I could get the Jeep decorated and in line without figh
ting with the parade people. I didn't stay too long at the BBQ that follows as I had to get up very early the next morning so I could be in Racine WI for their 4th of July Parade by 5:30 AM.
y usually means a parade or two for me. And this year it was indeed two parades. On July 3rd we did the 9th Annual "4 Mile Death March" aka the Bartlett 4th of July Parade. It wasn't as hot as years past, and this year I actually drove instead of walk. Usually, I decorate my Jeep in the colors of the Rebellion and have someone else drive it while I walk the parade. This year I could not get anyone to drive it...so I drove it myself. This year I also didn't shuttle people to our staging area and that was less stressful as I could get the Jeep decorated and in line without fighting with the parade people. I didn't stay too long at the BBQ that follows as I had to get up very early the next morning so I could be in Racine WI for their 4th of July Parade by 5:30 AM. I made it up to Racine on 7-4-11 with no problems...found my way to the marina where the float was hooked up behind a big Kenilworth. WOW, the Wisconsin Garrison did a great job on that float. It was amazing. A few hours later we found out HOW amazing. We headed off for float judging with everyone on the float then stopped down the block before judging so that we could all get into position. I decided to walk the parade which is nearly 4 miles. I was in Jedi costume and hoped that I would not melt but figured it would be ok as it was not really, really hot for this parade either. We went through the judging area with ever
yone playing their parts on the float and we walkers led the Kenilworth past the Judges. While we were in staging waiting for the parade to actually start, we found out that our float had won one of the highest awards for the parade. The Racine Parade is b
illed as the largest 4th of July parade in the Midwest and I can tell you that has to be true. As the parade finally stepped off, I could not believe how many people were lined along the nearly 4 miles of parade route. One of the other Jedi and I carried the banner that stated the award that the float won and were out in front of the float. After the parade was over, I locked my keys in the Jeep but fortunately, a broken vent window allowed us to get it open. The drive home was very hot as my ac in the Jeep does not work.
yone playing their parts on the float and we walkers led the Kenilworth past the Judges. While we were in staging waiting for the parade to actually start, we found out that our float had won one of the highest awards for the parade. The Racine Parade is b
illed as the largest 4th of July parade in the Midwest and I can tell you that has to be true. As the parade finally stepped off, I could not believe how many people were lined along the nearly 4 miles of parade route. One of the other Jedi and I carried the banner that stated the award that the float won and were out in front of the float. After the parade was over, I locked my keys in the Jeep but fortunately, a broken vent window allowed us to get it open. The drive home was very hot as my ac in the Jeep does not work. I also had off on Tuesday and just finished up some projects. One BIG project I finished was the rebuilding of the he
lmet for my new costume. The helmet was shipped by the guy who made it and arrived a mess. It took a LOT of sanding, putting, priming and painting to get it to look decent. The new costume is the Imperial Gunner and it IS my last Imperial costume. I don't think I will hear that I am too short to be a Gunner...though I suppose it is possible. I will be able to sit in it, there is no hard plastic and it has a very cool bucket. I sent off the photos to see if the costume would be approved, but found that the bibb for the costume was too long and I did get called on that so I had to re-make the bibb this morning and get some new photos. I had the girl next door take the photos again and after I was done with the new photos, I found I forgot to put the gloves on....sigh...I hope I don't have to re-take them again.
lmet for my new costume. The helmet was shipped by the guy who made it and arrived a mess. It took a LOT of sanding, putting, priming and painting to get it to look decent. The new costume is the Imperial Gunner and it IS my last Imperial costume. I don't think I will hear that I am too short to be a Gunner...though I suppose it is possible. I will be able to sit in it, there is no hard plastic and it has a very cool bucket. I sent off the photos to see if the costume would be approved, but found that the bibb for the costume was too long and I did get called on that so I had to re-make the bibb this morning and get some new photos. I had the girl next door take the photos again and after I was done with the new photos, I found I forgot to put the gloves on....sigh...I hope I don't have to re-take them again.I also have done butterfly monitoring, a lot of weeding and watering of the garden, and some more jam making among a thousand other things.
Also had another gum infection. The dentist said it might be due to exhaustion and stress...lol..gee...ya think?
This weekend coming up is going to be another killer...
stress?
exhaustion?
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