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5/31/02, Friday
Short walk today. I was feeling antsy as I was thinking of work. I
want to wrap up stuff before leaving for the weekend.
5/30/02, Thursday
I got up pretty early today. Felt really good and did a 4 mile walk
around Veteran's Park before work.
5/29/02, Wednesday
This morning was quite warm and in the 60s. However, it was cloudy
with a layer of fog just over my head. Caught some more boat names along
the docks, Power Wave and Puffin. We used to own a sailboat a couple years
ago that was inherited from Keith's dad and aunt. It was named Huff-N-Puff
and driven by wind (no motor attachment). T'was pretty fun to zig-zag our
way towards the small nearby islands in the Norwalk Harbor. Got an email
from a Crew member, Tracy from New York, for the AIDS walk who will be
trading a memory souvenir with me. In exchange for one of my dragonfly
hairpins she will be creating a cartouche of my name. Neat-o! I'll post it
here later. Also, we've arranged to be tent mates for the event. We'll be
meeting for the first time at Bear Mountain on Day Zero. Exciting! only 50
more days! Got an email from my cousin Melanie who said she can sponsor
me! Super!
5/28/02, Tuesday
I heard thunder this morning and decided to stay in bed. About 20
minutes later the streets were drenched. It worked out alright though
because I did go out for a lunch time walk with Phyllis. 5/27/02,
Monday
Woke up leisurely with Keith and Sydney. We spent Memorial Day walking
around the Bronx Zoo. The weather was perfect.
5/26/02, Sunday
The team walk at Cummings park went well. I started out with Gloria for 2
miles. Then Eti and Phyllis joined me. We did a good long walk. The
weather was cool and sunny. However, towards the end the sky started
spitting at us.
I felt more hopeful at the end of this walk. I'm confident I'll be able
to handle the 20 miles a day at this point if I keep up with endurance
training.
5/25/02, Saturday
I didn't do a formal walk. Did a more leisurely walk with Sydney around
South Norwalk while waiting for the movie theatre to open. We were waiting
to watch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. We loved the movie! Great
animation and storyline!
5/24/02, Friday
I noticed more boat names during my trip into the East Norwalk side of
Norwalk Harbor... Me Shell, Linda Lou and Fish Scales. 5/23/02, Thursday
This walk was focused in Veteran's Park. The path I took was like a labyrinth.
I made mini-loops near the Norwalk Harbor shore. Anyone watching might
have been wondering what the heck I was doing going around and around. Got
an email from my cousin Eileen who said she can sponsor me! woo-hoo!
5/22/02, Wednesday
Got another donation in the mail! Thanks to Keith's buddy, RJ!
5/21/02, Tuesday
Walked to Veteran's Park today. I found some small paths I could walk
in the park apart from the usual perimeter. I saw a group of 10 swans
lounging around the Norwalk Harbor coast. Have you ever seen swans flying?
From a distance, with their long necks outstretched they look like flying
white penises. Whoops got a little x-rated there didn't I ;-D
5/20/02, Monday
Sorry for the inconvenience if you were trying to view the site
over the weekend. Yahoo shut everything down to work on upgrading their
system. I woke up feeling pretty good. I wasn't sore from
yesterday's walk and felt ready to walk some more. But, Monday being my
rest day made me sleep in a bit. I did do a lunch walk to get outside into
the nippy air. Eti and Phyllis got donations over the weekend. Our team
total raised is creeping up... 5/19/02, Sunday
The morning greeted the group walk members with sun and cool
weather. Today's walk consisted of Gloria, Keri and myself at Sherwood
Island. Keri joins us from Norwalk today. She is a fellow 3-day walker who
is as ready and raring to go as we are for the big event. It was a
pleasure to meet her and she may be joining us for more future walks. I
did 9 miles today which is the longest walk to date for me. I was shooting
for 10 miles, but no cigar. I learned that more training is required if I
want to do the 20 miles in a day deal. 5/18/02,
Saturday
We got lots of rain this morning. Hence, I didn't go out for an
"official walk". However, Keith, Sydney and I spent the day
walking in New York city's American Natural History museum. We walked
through the Dinosaur exhibit, the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the
latest installment -- Baseball exhibit.
5/17/02, Friday
Made it outside for the morning walk. It was quite warm and looking like
it was going to turn muggy. As I walked the Harbor View route I got my
fill of the salt marsh doings. The sound of seagulls and foghorns stand
out in this walk.
I met Carol Anne right before noon to drop off some Bluefish tickets. I
wished her luck with sales and will touch base with her next week.
Got an email that a fellow walker, Keri, may be joining us on
Sunday.
Here's to a quadruple Hooray for the week! Came home to another
donation check in the mail. Thanks Jeff!
5/16/02, Thursday
Ugh. Didn't make it out the door this morning for my walk. It was one of
those mornings where the sleep is so good that you just can't jump up to
go. You've got to get up leisurely so as not to shock the system.
Triple Hip Hooray! It's been a great week! Yet another donation! From
my Dad! Thanks Papa! 
www.bridgeportbluefish.com
I have in my hot little hands 100 vouchers for Bridgeport Bluefish
baseball games. Tickets for sale! Tickets for sale! Get your
tickets here! ($8 per ticket)
5/15/02, Wednesday
And another Hip Hip Hooray! Received another donation in the mail from
Erik, Judy & Kate! Thanks a bunch!
The walk to the Shorefront Park neighborhood was a windy one. I get a
view of the Norwalk Harbor in this neighborhood. At the end of one street
there is access to the docks. Some of the boats I saw there were
Compromise, Sole Mates, Ripper and Sound Wave. If I had a boat, what would
I name it? Dragonfly comes to mind. Walking back home I passed by a
house that always sports a tacky looking front garden with plastic doo-dads
displayed. For example: pansies popping out of the backs of plastic white-grey
swans. However, I applaud the enthusiasm this gardener has in keeping up
with it. OK...time to spill the beans on my fundraiser ideas. Last week
I called up Carol Anne whom I met at the Cannon Grange St. Patrick's Day
Fair. At the fair Carol Anne mentioned that the 4H Club that she
helps organize would be interested in helping the Rocky Road Walkers with
fundraising for AIDS Vaccine Research. My idea was to create a show called
Hopes and Dreams starring the 4H Club members. The show would consist of
kids ages 7-12 who would read selected poetry and book passages with the
Hopes and Dreams theme. The script would be a compilation of pieces taken
from children's and young adult works. I was going to produce and direct
the hour long show which would be held possibly at the Cannon Grange Hall
in the month of June. Alas, alack and anon, I found out today that the
kids didn't feel comfortable being on stage. Scratch this. The other
idea I had was to sell tickets to the Bridgeport Bluefish baseball team
home games in Bridgeport. The Ballpark at Harbor Yard offers a fundraising
program in which part of the money obtained from ticket sales goes to
non-profit groups. I plan on picking up tickets tomorrow morning.
Fortunately, Carol Anne said the 4H Club may be more amenable to this
fundraiser project. Yipee! Tickets for sale! Tickets for sale! Get your
tickets here!
5/14/02, Tuesday
Hooray! Another donation -- thanks to Thad & Donna!
I had a good walk this morning. It was clear and bright with a gentle
breeze. However, the ground was still a bit wet from the rainfall we had
all day yesterday. I wasn't dodging as many earthworms that oozed onto the
pavement. The weatherpeople say that with all this rain we may be
experiencing a drought-buster. Hope this is the case so that I won't feel
so guilty when we open up the pool during the summer months.
As I walked, the various fallen cherry and apple blossom petals on the
ground got me thinking of my favorite V.C. Andrews book series entitled
Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns... I
started thinking of wacky off-shoot titles like Fishsticks on the Kitchen
Floor, etc. Funny what things will come to mind while walking alone.
I walked past Veteran's Park and over to East Norwalk to Seaside Place
which had some views of Norwalk Harbor from another angle. Groups of
Canada Geese flew overhead honking and flapping their wings to create that
nature mode for me. The walk was so nice I lost track of time and got back
20 minutes later than usual. Luckily, this was a morning where Keith could
be leisurely. Sydney was still in bed.
5/13/02, Monday
Another rainy morning. I went out anyway. Hoo-ya! Die-hard walker in the
makings... Walked in a drizzle. My new jacket which I got yesterday as a
Mother's Day giftee held up pretty well. My inner clothes were dry when I
got home. Exciting news! Got another sponsor. Auntie Edith and cousin
Astrid will be making a contribution soon... I'm cooking up a second
fundraising project. But details will follow as I do a bit more research
on it.
5/12/02, Sunday
Another rainy morning. Actually the whole day was rainy. The group walk
was cancelled in honor of Mother's Day. However, I did do some walking at
the Cloisters Museum in New York City. We saw interesting renaissance and
medieval art and architecture at this place. Despite the rain it was a
nice day.
5/11/02, Saturday
I couldn't help it. I was naughty and stayed in bed this morning. I have a
feeling it's in relation to the good ole PMS. Instead, I will work on
fundraising. Gotta get out a couple more letters and reminder emails. I'm
also working on my secret fundraising project to be revealed later this
week.
I read the diaries of the various fellow walker sites and started
feeling a bit behind. I gotta get on the ball...
5/10/02, Friday
Dragged myself out of bed. It was one of those mornings for me where I was
reeeeally wanting to stay in bed. I finally got up... later than usual.
Guess I'm needing some motivation. More donations would help ;-)
I should mention, we got this nice email last week from a fellow
walker...
Hi !
Wish you were closer to me! Walker # 1537 here from Toms River, NJ. Love your website! Good luck to you, hope we "run" into each other in July.
Yvonne
I just surfed over to the AIDS Walk 3-day message board and found this
inspiring network marketing motto from Eleni regarding fundraising...
"Some will, some won't, so what, NEXT!" I also found some more
fellow walker websites via pledgepage.com which I've added to the
Inspiration page on this site.
5/9/02, Thursday
A 1/2 mile into the morning walk rain started coming down. Because I
didn't feel like getting too wet and risk catching another cold, I turned
back towards home. Short walk.
5/8/02, Wednesday
Lookin' good. Feelin' good. As I walk into a breezy morning, I'm reminded
of the Absolutely Fabulous episode entitled Fat. It's the one where Edina
desperately tries to lose weight before a reunion with an old friend. She
psyches herself up with this mantra -- Lookin' good. Feelin' good.
Got some interesting feedback from my the eblast I sent out. Got in
touch with cousin Patrick, Aunt Mary and high school buddy Suzan! Great to
hear from you!
I have a brainstorm for a possible fundraising event. But I'll fill in
with details later.
5/7/02, Tuesday
Woke up with a raging headache. But, I was determined to do some walking.
I took a couple Excedrin and by the end of my 2 mile walk my head was
somewhat clear and my body felt pretty invigorated. I sure do hope I don't
have a cold or headaches on the actual event days. Good news!
Bradshaw Construction will be making contribution! This is the company
Keith works with.
5/6/02, Monday
Thank you Odette! She was the mystery donation over the weekend! Love
these surprise donations!
I'm feeling better and less congested today. Am going to walk tomorrow
morning per usual.
I eblasted some family and friends (you know who you all are)
today to see if they would be interested in becoming my sponsors. My
universe is small so I've got to think up some more ways to fundraise.
5/5/02, Sunday
The team walk went well today. Eti and Phyllis met me at Mianus Park.
It was a beautiful warm and bright day compared to last Sunday. We
encountered lots of people with dogs and mountain bikers along the nature
trails.
Got another mystery donation via web this weekend. Wonder who? Thanks
to ya!
Keith has taken to writing some letters tonight to help me with
donations. He has inspired me to do the same. I'm breaking out the
stationery.
5/4/02, Saturday
I didn't make it out again. I was congested and feeling like
waking up leisurely this morning. Although I do feel much better than
yesterday. I think if I continue to take it easy, this cold may blow over
by Monday. I do plan to be at the group walk tomorrow as my mileage the
last two weeks have been low. Gotta continue to beef up.
5/3/02, Friday
I didn't make it out this morning. I wanted to get in as much
sleep as possible to kick this cold thing I may have caught. I think it
kinda helped as I feel a bit better than yesterday. I'm going to do the
same thing tonight and go to bed earlier than usual. Took a lunch walk
with Phyllis to pick up lunch.
I just found out that this website will be down from May 15-19 due
to web host server updates and upgrades. I'll put another reminder as the
date draws near. However, I will continue to make my entries. So, when the
site is up and running again you'll be able to catch up.
5/2/02, Thursday
It was a miserable morning. I woke up to rain and a sore
throat. ugh. I decided not to go out for the morning walk. I was going
pretty well there without any colds. Phyllis and I didn't get to do our
usual lunch walk either. It was pretty wet out. Hopefully tomorrow will be
better.
5/1/02, Wednesday
The sun rising over the marsh painted a pink hue in the sky.
Beautiful sight. What amazing sights and sounds one can experience by
being outdoors during the early morning hours. I listened to the walking
CD again today. It is pretty good. The only downside is carrying the CD
player. For lighter weight and to avoid skipping I think using an mp3
player might be the ticket. I've been thinking of getting an mp3 player
for awhile now and this is just one more good reason to get it. hmmmm. read
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