May 22nd, 2006 - 11:26 am
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Jo and I raised $239.00 for the AIDS Walk — thank you to everyone who donated! We hadn’t expected such an awesome response in just under a week. I haven’t started thank-yous yet, so if you have a specific request now’s your chance. (Yes, Bryce, I’ll write you a haiku.)
Saturday was all about me dragging myself unwilling into planned activities, and then enjoying them every bit as much as I thought I would when I’d planned them. I had a bike ride down to Whole Foods that very, very nearly didn’t happen; for some reason when the time came to actually go down and get the bike it was the last thing in the world I wanted to do. I went anyway, and as soon as I got my lazy butt on the seat I enjoyed myself very much. It was a little cool out but by the time I got to the store I was ready to shed my coat and my hoodie, and shopped comfortably in just my tank top — which you know is a small miracle, based on how often I bitch about being freezing. I went quite willingly to lunch with Carrie, so that bit was out of theme for the day, but it was wonderful to see her — we’re still way too infrequent with that, though I’m hoping we’ll be better this summer.
I’d asked my dad if we could on Saturday afternoon get a start on a project that will here remain veiled in mystery for the rest of summer. I again really didn’t want to leave the house but again did anyway, and was rewarded with a productive store-stop with my dad and a nice evening at my parents’, plus a find at Pier One that’s been eight months or so in coming: a papasan cushion. I got one of the more upright swively papasan chairs on freecycle, but it was just the base bit. I’ve been meaning to sew a cushion for it for ages and ages but just haven’t gotten around to translating dimensions to fabric needs and getting to the fabric store. Which is fantastic because I got this beautiful beige curdoroy cushion for $30, and there’s no way I could’ve bought all that fabric and stuffing and made anything near as nice for the same price.
And now it’s lunchtime, and I’m dreadfully bored with this entry myself, so. If you stayed awake through it, I commend you.
Bryce said: May 23rd, 2006 at 8:16 pm
Do me a favor and poke me tomorrow (or any time when I’m at work) about getting Yahoo! to match my donation. I got the charity added to our approved database, so I think it’s just a matter of filling out the form. Toooooo tired now.