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Ready, Set, Wait!
Jan. 2nd, 2012 10:23 pmGreetings from balmy Vermont, where tomorrow's weather forecast calls for a high of 14 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of minus five. As I peer out the window into the night, it appears to be snowing.
And yet, I spent a healthy chunk of today thinking about getting outdoors and walking, about fundraising, and about all manner of 3-Day For The Cure stuff. I had today off -- my last day off before resuming work tomorrow -- and the wonderful folks who staff the Susan G. Komen 3-Day e-services department somewhere in the faraway reaches of cyberspace decided today was the perfect time to start sending out emails about the 3-Day season. I got one email welcoming me formally to the event and encouraging me to set up my online fundraising page (which I did some time ago). I got another asking me if I wanted to be a training walk leader and inviting me to submit an application.
And tonight while I was waiting for my wife to be done with a physical therapy appointment at a local shopping center, I wandered into a local iParty store and found that they sell no end of pink fundraising stuff. Pink feather boas, too. Candy molds in the shape of pink ribbons. Pink tablecloths. Pink ribbon deelybobbers And I started having all sorts of thoughts about maybe doing an actual bake sale this year... provided I can drag my wife along to help run it. I imagine that a single man, no matter how zany and motivated, will not be able to bring in quite the same level of donations at a bake sale that a woman would -- because men, as everyone knows, can't possibly have a stake in the breast cancer fight.
Don't get me wrong -- I like winter. I like the winter scenery and the occasional snowshoeing trip and so forth... but all of a sudden I'm really looking forward to the first day there's no snow and ice on the road and I can get out and do a quick little 12-mile training walk.
And yet, I spent a healthy chunk of today thinking about getting outdoors and walking, about fundraising, and about all manner of 3-Day For The Cure stuff. I had today off -- my last day off before resuming work tomorrow -- and the wonderful folks who staff the Susan G. Komen 3-Day e-services department somewhere in the faraway reaches of cyberspace decided today was the perfect time to start sending out emails about the 3-Day season. I got one email welcoming me formally to the event and encouraging me to set up my online fundraising page (which I did some time ago). I got another asking me if I wanted to be a training walk leader and inviting me to submit an application.
And tonight while I was waiting for my wife to be done with a physical therapy appointment at a local shopping center, I wandered into a local iParty store and found that they sell no end of pink fundraising stuff. Pink feather boas, too. Candy molds in the shape of pink ribbons. Pink tablecloths. Pink ribbon deelybobbers And I started having all sorts of thoughts about maybe doing an actual bake sale this year... provided I can drag my wife along to help run it. I imagine that a single man, no matter how zany and motivated, will not be able to bring in quite the same level of donations at a bake sale that a woman would -- because men, as everyone knows, can't possibly have a stake in the breast cancer fight.
Don't get me wrong -- I like winter. I like the winter scenery and the occasional snowshoeing trip and so forth... but all of a sudden I'm really looking forward to the first day there's no snow and ice on the road and I can get out and do a quick little 12-mile training walk.
