A Most Worthy Cause

In our last efforts to accumulate money before the Relay event on June 16th, we hosted a huge sale in the parking lot of Kroger. A 5 a.m. start with a 2:30 p.m. finish. And lots of sitting in the sun during the hours between. And I have the sunburn to account for each of those hours. But it's a sunburn I'll gladly bear for this is quite the worthy cause.

Stressful as it was and as sore as I now am, in the end we raised a nice chunk of money and had a lot of fun too. With two weeks left before the night of the event, my team is now focused on preparations for our camp site theme and deciding which games we will be hosting that night.

I'm excited that the event is almost here. We've been fundraising for months and as fun as it has been, I'm completely exhausted from it all. Leading a team of 15 people is an undertaking I didn't realize would be so hard. There have been lots of laughter, tears, smiles and frustration. Quite the seesaw of emotion.

I'm looking forward to the night of the event but I'm also excited about the day after the event...when I can get back to focusing more on myself again. Just relaxing and reading.