Day 147 - 219 to go! Something got me started ...... (but I just cant remember what?)

Again, if you could humour me with the dates and pretend this is Friday 22nd April 2011 I will be grateful!

To be honest I haven't done much in the way of fundraising OR training in the last month.  I was so tired after the ceilidh that I sort of stopped thinking about it 24/7.  Because of illness I stopped training as well, in fact I sort of lost my way a bit with it all, I didn't know what else I could give to it.

My fundraising total at that time was £2900 with intermittent donations still coming in from friends, family and church members which I was extremely grateful for but I just couldn't raise myself to the hyper person  had started out as.

I bought some books of Amazon about Jordan, did some research, went out and bought some more bits of equipment I needed but just couldn't contemplate training.

We went off to Marbella for a week at Easter and we walked for miles, sometimes up to 15 miles a day, in the sunshine it is so easy to do, you just eat up the miles whilst staring at all the 'beautiful' people on their yachts!

I came back from my holiday feeling the need to get back to training again.  This the point where the big metal sign blew off a fence and clattered my cankle!  So that was me, in A&E with a cut ankle and bruised ankle bone!!! 

It never rains but it feckin' pours!!

Day 199 - 167 days to go! Aint No Mountain High Enough!

OK so you are REALLY reading Monday June 13th's posting now - I'm up to date and up to speed!


I think I mentioned that I lost my way with this trek malarkey for a while, so I rang up the advisers at Macmillan in London and had a wee chat with them, and they were really supportive and gave me really good advise and feedback about what I have done and what I need to do in preparation for October so that is me back with the confidence I need to prepare for this.


I have signed up with 6 other girls to do the Maggie's Glasgow Night Hike on 22 July 2011 which is a 10 mile walk around famous architecture in Glasgow so that sounds like a lot of fun.


We are thinking of naming the team 'Up Jacobs Creek without a Paddle'.  (As I feel that this is the liquid we will be partaking in the most on our way round!!


They are a great group of girls and I am looking forward to it.


I thought another good name for the team was 'Fat birds always win at see saw'???????


I am back into the way of my training now I am glad to say, and I am just starting to organise another ceilidh for early September.  I know that this one will not raise half as much as the last one but I don't mind, every little helps as a certain crap store keeps telling us!!


I have booked my flight down to London and my overnight accommodation before flying off to Jordon on Sunday 30th October, I am sort of excited but also a wee bit afraid.............. of failing.


I REALLY couldn't bear to not achieve this after all the effort everyone has put in for me, so that is why it is so important that I do my utmost with my training and getting mentally prepared for the trek.


I am indebted to Kenny for all his support.

Day 75 - 291 Roll up, roll up!

Its amazing doing this to feel so OVER whelmed and UNDER whelmed at the same time by the response of people and businesses.

I have posted lots of ads on my works staffnet intranet pages advertising the raffle tickets and have been overwhelmed by the kindness of people offering to sell tickets for me in their place of work.

I would especially like to thank Carol, Stephanie and Lauren who have all taken a book of tickets to sell - Thank you so much!

Raffle ticket sales are moving along nicely now but there again we do have some amazing prizes on offer to win.

Really busy so cant stop.

Regards

Day 105 - 262 to go! - I'm on my way, I'm on my to happiness ah ha, ah ha, ah ha ah ha!

I know the date is listed as the Monday 13 June 2011 but I want you to humour me and pretend it reads - Friday 11 March 2011 please.

Since the ceilidh (more on that later) I have had a couple of spells of holiday, illness, sickness & dizziness, labrynthitis and had a large metal sign fall on my one good foot!

I had been, (up to the ceilidh) doing a lot of training, walking everywhere like a woman possessed, I had started to walk home from work a couple of times a week and one time I was SO thirsty that I nearly went into that wee gammy pub Park head, next to the chapel but I resisted and staggered onto the next chip shop and purchased a can of coke (full fat of course) and 2 fritters laden with fat!!  (got to keep my energy up you know!)
Anyway only made it to Arnold Clark's car showroom that day as I was going to pee myself if I didn't get to the toilet quick smart!  (I knew I shouldn't have had that full fat coke!)

Anyway, the run up to the night of the ceilidh was MANIC! I was selling tickets right up to the last minute and in the end sold approx 95 (two so called 'friends' let me down with the sale of 12 tickets).

On the day of the ceilidh, little Ken did all the running about to shops, bakers, Tunnocks, M&S etc he did a sterling job ........... staying out of my way whilst I prepared food for 100 people myself.  I kept it fairly simple with only a couple of hot foods which were easy to throw into the oven and leave for 20 mins.

The night itself was absolutely fabulous, the raffle was a bit sticky as folk weren't happy that tickets had been sold in my work before the night but I couldn't not take the opportunity of getting as much money as I could for the Sir Alex Ferguson signed Man U shirt.  In the end we raised over a £1000 for the raffle  - an AMAZING total, and the night brought in approx £2300 altogether.

The band we had 'The Vinyl Countdown' were exceptional, and I am indeed, gratefully indebted to them for there service- but not a lady!)

We had amazing help from Liz Vasey who is herself, a Macmillan Nurse and a lovely kind lady (as is Jim
Kenny and I didn't get home until about 2pm - EXHAUSTED!

The only awful part of the event was having to tell folk that they hadn't won in the raffle, I felt awful that not everyone had won.

But overall a great night for a worthwhile cause.  Thank you so much if you took the time to contribute or come along on the night.