I love this event.
Last night as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep, I started thinking about the hundreds of other people around the world also trying to fall asleep, all with the same plans tomorrow. How cool is it to have such a sense of community, and for such a great reason?
I thought about it again this morning as I threw the alarm clock across….err… gently turned off my alarm and sprang out of bed so that I could be dressed by little birdies. Yeah. Almost 400 other people were getting out of bed at the same time, not to go grumble their way through their morning coffee and head off to yet another day at work or school, but to make a difference in the world. Stuff like that could almost make me a morning person.
Almost.
I love how generous people are, not just the blogathonners giving up their day for the cause, but all of the people who have donated already- I’ve already raised more donations this year than I ever have, and it is such an incredible feeling. I am so lucky to have people in my life that jumped at the chance to donate as soon as they heard what I was doing, and equally lucky to have some amazing sponsors that I don’t even know! How cool is THAT?
Yeah, I’m getting sappy. This kind of thing happens when you wake me up at 8am.
On a completely random note, here’s my horoscope for today:
Dear Crystal,Here is your horoscopefor Friday, July 28:You're an easygoing person, and you've always felt like you owed it to everyone else to do what they want with your myriad gifts. This seems like it would be easier on you, but it's actually not. Stand your ground.
It is crazy how fast time is flying! I haven’t even had a chance to start looking through the webring of fellow blogathonners yet! Somehow just typing up posts and chatting in the AIM chatroom are taking up a big percentage of the time so far, probably since I’m still half asleep and just thinking takes longer! I have this huge list of stuff I want to do today, half “yay, I have a day off, I can accomplish a ton of stuff!” and half “Oh yay! I FINALLY have a day off! I can relax!”. Good thing I have 21 hours to go!
Last night as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep, I started thinking about the hundreds of other people around the world also trying to fall asleep, all with the same plans tomorrow. How cool is it to have such a sense of community, and for such a great reason?
I thought about it again this morning as I threw the alarm clock across….err… gently turned off my alarm and sprang out of bed so that I could be dressed by little birdies. Yeah. Almost 400 other people were getting out of bed at the same time, not to go grumble their way through their morning coffee and head off to yet another day at work or school, but to make a difference in the world. Stuff like that could almost make me a morning person.
Almost.
I love how generous people are, not just the blogathonners giving up their day for the cause, but all of the people who have donated already- I’ve already raised more donations this year than I ever have, and it is such an incredible feeling. I am so lucky to have people in my life that jumped at the chance to donate as soon as they heard what I was doing, and equally lucky to have some amazing sponsors that I don’t even know! How cool is THAT?
Yeah, I’m getting sappy. This kind of thing happens when you wake me up at 8am.
On a completely random note, here’s my horoscope for today:
Dear Crystal,Here is your horoscopefor Friday, July 28:You're an easygoing person, and you've always felt like you owed it to everyone else to do what they want with your myriad gifts. This seems like it would be easier on you, but it's actually not. Stand your ground.
It is crazy how fast time is flying! I haven’t even had a chance to start looking through the webring of fellow blogathonners yet! Somehow just typing up posts and chatting in the AIM chatroom are taking up a big percentage of the time so far, probably since I’m still half asleep and just thinking takes longer! I have this huge list of stuff I want to do today, half “yay, I have a day off, I can accomplish a ton of stuff!” and half “Oh yay! I FINALLY have a day off! I can relax!”. Good thing I have 21 hours to go!
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