I Confirmed Over The Weekend There's Little I Won't Do For The 173rd, 2/503 - LOL
So there I was in Madison, WI for the fund raiser for the Welcome Home Party for the 2/503 when kev from Blackfive says we need to drop by a few places to pick up some gift cards for the fund raiser. kev, Uncle Jimbo and I hopped in the car and stopped at a couple of bars - no big deal. Uncle Jimbo and I sat tight in the car while kev ran in and picked up the gift certificates.
THEN - we had one more stop and we'd be done. Just one more stop. How harmless can that be? UNTIL - I find out it was at a strip club. Yes, kev had contacted the owner requesting a "donation". We drove up and parked. Uncle Jimbo decided he needed to "help" kev with this one so he was going in, too. Uh oh! NOT an area of town I felt comfortable waiting alone in the car. So......................in we go. Dear Lord. I was INSIDE a strip club.
The manager handed kev a lifetime membership card. The first one they have ever given. kev decided we couldn't just take it and run. Oh no! We needed to "hang out" for a little while and be neighborly. ONE HOUR later and after seeing things I really didn't need or want to see I was finally back outside and running for the car.
Sheesh!
But...the gift card was a real money maker so...........I'd do it all again if it meant raising money for these Soldiers and their Welcome Home.
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I'm really still in disbelief that I did that. Oh well!
By the way, another plane is landing at Aviano today with Soldiers returning to Italy! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH!
kev did a fantastic job with the fund raiser. What a guy - deploying himself in a few months but determined to make this welcome home the best ever for the Sky Soldiers. Our military is just amazing!
I gotta say, I probably would have taken my chances in the car and just curled up on the floor of the backseat! LOLOLOLOL
You now carry mental images in your mind for the rest of life...now you will have triggers of, lets say...tour of duty.