While I Wait for a Date "with the judge"-I am off to MN.

August 14th was a no show for Dow's lawyer and required documents before the judge to finalize the settlement. August 15th my lawyer wrote Ms Avery asking her to complete the work she obviously hadn't done and was the reason for her no show on "The final court date."

It is in process. I have gotten a VM from my lawyer saying the possibility of two dates: Sept 4 or Sept 8 both in the morning. (I am hoping for the 8th as the 4th is a work day for me, the 8th is a scheduled day off.) Mr. Gordon also left me a message saying "We need to talk about a couple of things." My ultimatum to him, remember was, "I don't walk into court until you have in hand all documents needed to finalize this settlement." I will not spend anymore money to entertain Ms. Avery's unprofessionalism!

On Friday I travel to the RNC, well at least outside of it :-), to spend time with peace and justice groups who will march in a protest of the policies of this administration and proposed policies of their candidate for office. This will held on Labor Day itself.
Other activities include:

• Saturday 2 PM Potluck to Welcome "Witness Against War" walkers from Voices for Creative Non-Violence who made the pilgrimage from Chicago to St. Paul. They have been walking since July 12 across IL, WI and MN. Kathy Kelly, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize leads the merry band.
• I may try to get into the IVAW and VFP dinner Saturday night if any seats are open.
  
• Sunday at 10 AM Vets for Peace: Veterans Memorial March
• Sunday at 2 PM Dinner with MFSO members (Military Families Speak Out)
• Sunday at 2 PM A fast and vigil at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church sponsored by Veterans for Peace will go on for 24 hours. I may try to attend in the afternoon for a while.
  
• Monday, March against the Policies of the Republican Administration and Congress:
  

1. US out of Iraq NOW.
2. Money for human needs, not for war
3. Say no to the Republican agenda
4. Demand Peace, Justice and Equality
   

Rally is at 11 AM, March at 1 PM and closing rally at 6 PM. This should be a very interesting day as the weather is supposed to be close to 90 degrees! Sun hat and sunscreen definitely needed! Oh and every policeman/woman in St. Paul now has his/her own tazer, got them just in time for the march.

While in St. Paul I will stay with retired Air Force Col. Martha Turner and her husband Chuck. She is a very dear friend who provided wonderful care to Jason when he was at Walter Reed and opened up her heart to him and to myself. I am forever in her debt. Martha is one of the rocks who held my life and soul together in the darkest days of my life. It will be good to see her again as the last time I saw her was over 2 years ago.

So everyone have a wonderful Labor Day weekend, summer flew past didn't it?
Now we are into the serious political season. Everyone, have a wonderful holiday.