Two Funerals & A Football Game

It was kind of a surreal Friday for me. I attended two memorial services (for people I didn't know) and the high school football game.


This morning we held a very nice memorial service for one of the past Superior Court judges who recently passed away. There were a lot of great stories about him as a judge, a lawyer, friend and passionate golfer. Every single story highlighted his sense of humor.


If the afternoon, I went to Vancouver for my co-worker's son's memorial service. Debbie is the new drug court manager and her son drowned in the Columbia River this weekend. The memorial service was held at the same time Drug Court is so all the judges couldn't attend. I volunteered to represent the office. The judges liked it especially since it meant that I could be there for Debbie if she needed to talk.

They hadn't found Sam's body and the dive teams had stopped because it was too dangerous. So they decided to have some closure and planned a memorial service. The father's mission was to find his son's body and so he bought a kayak and has been searching up and down the river (from dawn to dark) every day since. This morning he found the body. So the memorial service was held up an hour so the Dad could finish up stuff at the coroner's office and then come to the memorial service. It was a very nice memorial service held at a park. Sam went to the VAncouver Arts School so there were a lot of unusually dressed kids, but very interesting to talk to. While standing in a large circle, people told their favorite memories of Sam. It was a nice way for his friends and family to express their love. They also released a bunch of balloons. All in all a very nice service. It didn't affect me much. I was a little sad for the family and the world to lose such a bright young man, but I wasn't overwhelmed with grief.


During the Football game, I worked the hamburger concessions outside. (First time I was out there which wasn't too bad, but then it wasn't cold, windy or rainy.) It was pretty fun and actually "the rush" was pretty evenly spaced throughout the night. We made over $800 in profit just from the hamburger stand and the same amount in the other stand. Sounds like a lot, but by time the school gets their cut and the other nonprofit we share concessions with gets their cut then divided by 8 workers, there isn't a huge amount per scout. (But that;s 40 or so bucks I don't have to pony up.)