BDHA is the post commander for the local VFW. They had a fundraiser and the entertainment was an Elvis impersonator. I have to admit that even though I'm not a big Elvis fan, he was pretty good. He looked like him and sounded like him but didn't take himself too seriously.
At intermission, the president of the ladies auxiliary came up to me and told me she had to give me a check for $400.00. When you pay your dues, $2 of it goes towards a cancer fund. If you're diagnosed, the National Auxiliary sends you a check for $400.00. I first started paying my dues in August of 2007 for the 2008 membership year. To apply for the cancer grant, you have your doctor fill out a form and you send it in to the Ladies Auxiliary Headquarters in Missouri, which I did. I received a call from a rep there last week who told me she couldn't find me anywhere in the system and she was sending my application back. I faxed her a copy of my membership card I received in 2007 for 2008. She told me I would need to send in proof of payment. I requested a copy of the canceled checks for the 2008 dues and the 2009 dues. The checks I just wrote for 2010 have not yet cleared. MFD joined at the same time and she also is not in the system. I'm getting proof of her dues paid too.
Anyways, while talking to the rep, I mentioned that BDHA was the post commander. She was pretty shocked that I wasn't in the system. Apparently she called the District President who came down this past week and told the local auxiliary that THEY had to pay me the $400.00. I feel awful. I told the president that I didn't want to accept it and that I would call the rep in MO and get it straightened out with proof of payment. She told me she had to give me the check. I told her I would not cash it until I found out what was going on. I know how hard the local auxiliary works for their money. I'm going to think long and hard about that.
The worst thing that happened today is when BDHA and I were in McDonalds getting a take-out order, I just happened to look down and noticed that the diamond in my engagement ring was missing. It was there on Thursday because the trainer in the class I was in noticed I had on a lot of pieces of Black Hills gold. My wedding band and engagement ring are Black Hills gold. I feel just awful. BDHA gave me the engagement ring January of 1978. It's not very common to have a wedding set made out of that gold. I'm hoping that maybe I lost it at work and it's around my desk somewhere. They don't vacuum very often (so it seems) so let's hope that this weekend wasn't one of the times they decided to do it.
I hope everyone's weekend was better than mine.
-Suesan
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