Miles Ran: 406.16 Dollars Raised: $2,214.80 (THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS WEEKEND A SUCCESS! Thank you Kelly, Joe, Chelsea, Laura, Sam, Johnny, Jean, Meg, Steve Hanlon and The Connors!)
These past couple of days just kind of flew by in fast forward...except for today. I was determined after such a crazy time to let myself not stress, take my time, and enjoy the day :)
On Friday night, the fund raiser at the East End was great--even if all the Syracuse fans DID end up taking over, wall to wall. Most of the people I knew from NYC came with some others I had yet to meet, and we had a great time chatting. Everyone was so generous it was hard to believe that I made such a dent in my fund raising in just one night. Even though we could eventually barely move at all, it ended up working out nicely once I through my shy-side to the wind and started approaching all of these drunk, gamblin boys who wanted to buy some tickets. The variety of different reactions people had when I approached them amazed me. Some were extremely willing to partake, others just fed into the $2/3 ticket option, and some were so ridiculously rude I was taken aback. It's not like I'm raising money to buy a new pair of shoes people! It definitely boosted my confidence though for the next couple fund raisers, and I'll definitely plan on doing the raffle again.
Yesterday I spent most of the day in Hoboken and revisiting my past with a club volleyball tournament. It's so weird looking at how big volleyball has become on the east coast, to points where there are huge complexes dedicated JUST to volleyball and club teams. And Hoboken was absolutely adorable!! I had no idea what to expect, but it wasn't that. We did a lot of walking around into different boutiques and had some awesome sushi.
This morning after I got my iced latte light, we went to Central Park where there was actually a half marathon going on (note to self: look into races in NYC) and we found this little area called the Ramble. It was a beautiful little spot near the castle with lots of trees. At times you don't even remember you're in a major city. I wish Boston had more spots to run/walk in... maybe now that it's nice I'll do a run over into the Arboretum or something. It's just so hard to get to a lot of the more residential parks that are so pretty. After our nice, long, sunny walk we met up with more friends for an awesome brunch, went back to the apartment, and I gathered my things, picked up a red velvet Crumbs cupcake and bought The Time Traveler's Wife DVD, and was on my way for another journey back to Boston.
I definitely did way too much for my body to handle on Friday, just by being on my feet and not having time to recuperate before being active again. The bus ride wasn't really a relaxing one, and then it was go-go-go as soon as I arrived. My foot was killing me from standing so long by the end of the night. My knee is also pretty banged up and bruised from the fall, but my hands seem to be healing.
Now here I lay, exhausted, and so happy to have another day off to try and get my life back in order before three whole days of work!
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