I won’t bore you with the details of my trip to Portugal but I will say that swimming, reading, listening to music, and generally relaxing set me up for some serious fundraising.
Unfortunately whilst I returned with greats plans, and revived energy, a knee-high boot related accident has hampered these plans. I'd love to lie and say it was from a sexy encounter but it was down to my usual clumsiness. Thankfully, the doctor did say that going from heels to new flip flops all holiday may have contributed to my injury He didn’t say it exactly but I took it to mean that heels are good for your health, next time I just hope he tells me that constantly ordering dresses online is an acceptable form of self help therapy. Now I'll give you the details of the 'accident' and let you decide if it was my clumsiness.
Having taken part in a 10km run on the Sunday ( through mud and over hay bales, my favourite kind of Sunday morning) I woke on the Thurs morning with a painful swollen foot. You would have thought this would have influenced my footwear, alas vanity took over and the boots were selected. Following a traffic filled journey to work, I realised I was later for work and would need to run to scrape through at 9am. So I made a run for it and then something in my foot ripped. Expletives followed by a tearful call to a friend and being wheeled into work on a battered office chair. The only highlights of my trip to hospital is that it was short and I was amused by a male nurse checking my hand for a wedding ring and telling me I had a lovely dress that he'd like to get into. I kid you not, those were his exact words. Another nurse told him off but as he said "she's not easily offended" and what can I say in ten minutes he had my card marked.
As I have damaged the tendon in my foot, plans of several cross country races to raise funds have been scuppered for now.
Therefore I’m having to use my special talents. Not those talents. I'm saving those for next July when I’ve only got one month to go to hit my total, besides people just want me for my baking.
Fortunately there’s been plenty of baking in the office since my last entry. I was very impressed with the speed at which my colleagues purchased cookies, under 5 minutes, that’s the record to beat. Yesterday’s Banoffee Pie sale was slower but several people did purchase more than one slice. I’ve learnt that you should always bake after pay day.
I’ve also started to receive offers of help, from jewellery making to quiz's and I shall be utilising all these offers. Next week is my first day of multi fundraising, so hoping to hit the £250. Were having a dress down day, baking, heading shaving leaving the company logo and the auction of a beautiful vintage waistcoast ( you have to see it to believe it).Thanks again for all the help from everyone.
I recently read about awareness and mindfulness whilst laid up and decided I will endeavour to approach this trip by being more mindfully aware. I think I'm an aware person who knows what I’m taking on, what others are doing for me and I know my own personality traits but being aware isn’t enough. Being mindfully aware is being able to respond to your awareness of something and react to make positive changes. For example I’m aware I react badly when I’m hurt by someone so I’m now trying to be mindful to not react intially and to take time to consider my response.
As I continue fundraising I hope stay mindful of how people help me and show all the love and gratitude I feel towards them. I also hope that by gaining further knowledge of what I’m to encounter I shall not just be aware in Africa but more mindful of how I can influence and contribute to the project.
This Weeks Song is Jamie T - Sticks and Stone, Always makes want to dance. Enjoy.
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