hello, lovely

$300 away from my fundraising goal!!!! I am overwhelmed by all of the support, and I couldn’t have done this without you.

Thank you to everyone who has donated and supported me. I can almost stop stressing & I can start having fun!

*happy dance*!!!!

BTW, I apologize for the severe absence as of late. Literally all I’ve been doing is walking and working and napping and knitting and just trying to get through the training. We have 3 more training walks scheduled (5-6 mile walk on Wednesday, a 10-12 mile walk on Saturday, then a 4-5 miler next Tuesday, and we’re done until two days later when we start the event) plus a Team bbq, and then we’re done for two days until we start the event next Friday. NEXT FRIDAY! I can’t freaking believe it.

We’re having a fundraiser today at Chevy’s in Pleasanton, so if you’re in the area come eat some great Mexican food. You need a flier for it to count towards us, but if you need one, let me know.

Here is where we think we’ll be calling home for two nights in a couple of weeks:

Just picture it filled with pink tents.

And because I can, here is a picture of two of my teammates, who we jokingly call Heather and Heather:

This is a picture of them on the rare occasion that they are NOT dressed exactly alike.

so, we walked 17 miles today. it was supposed to be 20, but since we were behind the group on the second go-round, the route support ladies (WHO. ARE. AWESOME. I walked with a couple of them on one of the training walks before they did the Avon walk back in July (if we did the Avon walk, we’d be done by now. I try not to think about it)) were supposed to give us a ride to catch up with the rest of the walkers. we made a wrong turn somewhere though & couldn’t find them so we ended up getting dropped off at the first break and walking from there, essentially cutting out 3 miles of walking.

During our walk, we walked passed what is supposedly Robin Williams’ house (it’s kind of ugly, but that was the landmark I used to know where to turn.. lol), and I almost got hit in the head with a golf ball, and we did part of a route that we’ve done before so I actually knew where I was going and how long it should take. it RULED.

Tomorrow, we’re walking a mostly tried & true route on one of the trails near home, but we’re walking 15 miles. Pray that I make it & that it’s over as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Also, please take a moment to send in your donation! Thank you!

for the record, it is 12:33am pdt on monday august 4th. i SHOULD be asleep, but thankfully i get to sleep in on mondays.

what am i doing? listening to bowling for soup and knitting on a present for someone.

i do have some exciting news - I’ve made it to the halfway point in my 3-day fundraising!!! please make a donation! there’s still time left, and every little bit helps. also, if you knit (or if you just want to win some yarn?), i’m having a contest. check out the details on my knitting blog.

also, i apologize for the lack of being around. any free time i have seems to be taken up by walking, especially on the weekends. all i do, it seems, is walk anymore. i’m looking forward to the event, but i’m REALLY looking forward to the day when we all get our lives back. i will miss getting to see parts of the city that i wouldn’t normally get to see though.