hey, you

well, i did it.

a couple of things, actually.

and one thing i did not do.

i upped my goal to $3000. i'll soon be adjusting the blog descriptions accordingly. even though it's not the end of february, and even though i haven't earned $1000 yet, i was actually inspired by the phone conference this evening. i didn't really think i would be, but i felt very encouraged.

which leads me to my other thing-i-did, i participated in that phone conference. i stayed on as long as i could, about an hour and twenty minutes, but i was meeting adam and my parents (who are in town) at the majestic crest to see slumdog millionaire. adam and i had seen it already, but wanted to see it again, and i'm glad i did. even better the second time around. like sweet cold pizza. i was so anxious at the start of the film for the end, just because i like the last part of the film so much. and even with the tremendous hype, i think it still holds up very, very well. it really is just a damn fine movie.

and finally, i donated to myself. the thing-i-didn't-do was get a ping today from anyone, and since this was day 14, 2 weeks of fundraising, i didn't want to go out on a whimper, so i donated to my own worthy cause and rounded myself up to nice $850.

i've been in a really good mood lately. not sure why. perhaps a combination of reading cakewrecks, the sick new franz ferdinand box set i got (so, so wonderful), the random other stuff i've ordered online (including, finally, a pedometer that will, hopefully, actually work correctly), reconnecting with the families i babysit for, getting myself all organized for this walk with a binder and a three hole punch, mailing out "please donate to me!" cards, actually making a fundraising thermometer (and making that mercury go to $3000!) to stick up in my hallway-facing window at work, or just the general feeling of wanting to get to my fundraising goal sooner, so i can up it to $5000!

or maybe it's because i didn't have to sit in traffic on the way home. and that it's still raining.

it's the little things.

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Day Fourteen- 2/9/09- pings: 1