Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey - In the name of Thiago - Day 43
There were a few
things that I probably should have achieved today but I pretty much have
managed to avoid achievement altogether for one day, excusing myself by dint of
a storm called Dennis. I’d have preferred Duncan myself. At least then if it had
been a really big storm, you could have called it Big Dunc.
With Angelica up to no
good in the party central town of Bedford, I was still holding the fort at
Gibbonator Towers back in Staffordshire. And with the weather being so lame,
the day quickly slumped to Elisa watching a film or two, the old man reading his magazines
and me well just faffing really.
The 1,000 piece Harry
Potter puzzle that I bought from a charity shop in Sandbach is still in the box
despite my best attempts to convince Elisa. I mean it was a rainy day as well.
What better chance will we/she get? I may have bitten off more than I can chew
with that one.
Three possible streams
of fundraising have moved forward today though, which is a very good thing to
be sharing. Firstly my good friend Nigel has invited me along to a business
breakfast group he organises to meet some folks who simply by attending the
meeting will be helping me raise a few quid – anything they make on the day
after overheads goes straight to the charity they are supporting – on the day.
And better still, the meeting is held at the Titanic Brewery!
And then after that great
news from Nigel, my tennis coach friend Craig sent me a message to say that Draycott
Tennis Club had agreed to have an afternoon fundraising event on my birthday –
May 9. This will be a lovely way for me to celebrate turning, ouch, 44, whack a
few balls, have a couple of pints and raise a few quid in memory of my son. Get
in.
My training mate Steve
also said when were all shitfaced on Friday night that he’d like to try to
raise a few quid at his work as well so on the fundraising front it’s been a
very good day. No actual money raised but a few irons in the fire as it were.
Anyway, I knocked up this poster for him to use so hopefully that’ll help,
which I’ve just realised I ought to add the fundraising link to the bottom of.
Told you I wasn’t operating at full throttle today!
Off to take my Dad to
a hospital appointment tomorrow morning and then driving to Cornwall via a
little village near Salisbury to drop the old man at my sister’s house. Hope this
Dennis calms his shit down…
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