Bingo!

We went all the way home to Independence for Labor Day. To see friends and family, of course, but also to help out at JSL's first participation in Santa-Cali-Gon in more than a decade: bingo. Seeing as I was to be blamed for this if it were a complete flop, and one of my good friends Jolie Austin was the de facto bingo chair, I decided to head back.

(We also went to Kate's first "big girl" concert: Selena Gomez at Starlight Theater. Wow, the parents, the kids, the lateness of the night, the price of the t-shirt. She loved it. It was well worth it!)

Working bingo was SO much fun! I worked two shifts on Sunday afternoon and really enjoyed the time with my friends. The good news is that I think they cleared around $5000 from that event, and many of the costs were first-time expenses that they wouldn't have moving forward. The girls did a great job, and I hope I get to help again. I really miss my JSL friends!

Someone caught a picture of Kate in the bingo tent, see below. Eileen labeled it: "Future JSL member learns bingo operations."