Oh right, getting back to the project. I'm actually working on a fun system to help raise some funds for my book. For those who don't know, I worked tons of overtime at the magazine to accrue time off in the summer for my book. When the magazine went kaplut, so did all those hours (paid hours, mind you--that I never got paid for!) So my fund raising project will make ME your sherpa. For a small donation (or a big one, if ya like!) I'll carry something to the top of one of the 55+ peaks I'll be hiking and take a picture for you! It can be something you want carried up or you can choose from a list of items I'll provide in a picture. Things over 5 lbs cost more! Hehe! The best part: you'll be mentioned in my book! I'll have a complete post up on Monday (or Tuesday).
On the home front: it's a big weekend. My Dad's birthday is tomorrow (Happy Birthday to You!) and my family is having a party/welcome back Uncle Bob bash! Out in Colorado, the weekend stands to be fairly quiet, culminating in the Bolder Boulder on Monday. It's a modest 10k (6.2 mile) run with something like 50,000 people! I hope to place in the top 38,817. (In comparison, my Triathlon in Nevis had me finishing 16/24--I was almost top 10!) I've worked it the last 3 years, so it'll be nice to be on the "other side of the booth".
Oh, and if I haven't mentioned it already: Big fat congrats to my sister Amy and her hubby Michael for buying their first house (in Massachusetts)! The place looks nice and it will be wonderful for them to have their little space in the world! If this was 1794, you'd have earned the right to vote now that you are a land owner (by "you", of course I mean Michael, since the 1794 version of Amy would be relegated to churning butter--ha!)
I'm so sorry I won't be around to move any 300 lb couches.
