$2008 left to Raise! (just kidding really $2011.96)

So I have neglected this blog for quite a while. Mostly because it was midterms, and although they overall were not that bad, I procrastinated. This made me have much less time then I should have. So I made up quite a variety of excuses on why I could not either bike, nor write in either German or Spanish, nor write in the Blog. In fact at one point I started an entry, and realized that it was just a long and rather boring rant on how I hate writing. I will probably post more then one rant here, but this one was not even original.

So I am on Spring Break, and headed home to fundraise. Just in case any one was wondering Fundraising in Maine in March is not the best fundraising environment to say the least. In fact I would say that March is even worse then January. I went up and down Maine St. Bath, and was turned down point blank more then once, because businesses just didn't have the money. It has been a long time since tourist season, and the economy is not looking so good. As I continue to Fundraise I realize more and more the importance of buying local. I have talked to so many of the local business owners both in Damariscotta, and Bath that are struggling right now. Also last week when I was biking in Ithaca, and biked past the gas station for lease, it made me stop. I think of the gas stations here in Damariscotta. They are a in a way one of the meeting point of the community. They still have the air of an American general Store. I will also be the first to admit that I have rarely bought gas from them, because I could save pennies per gallon when I bought gas when I went down the coast. How poor am I really? Although buying local can be more expensive I am going to try it. Although this plan might backfire because to afford Bike and Build this summer, I think I will have to spend NO money from now till May.

That said, I would like to thank some new donors. As March 21st gets closer and closer I have started obsessively checking my B and B status. I always heave a big sigh of relief every time I see that someone has made me that much closer to my half way point. This is a mix of family, friends, and acquaintances that have reached out and supported my cause. Thank you to the following: My aunt and uncle Jim and Jill, Rosalie P., Deirdre B. and Rob S., Jim S., and Pat W. I am up to the grand total of $1988.04. Me being the math major misadded my new donations to my previous total, and came up with 1992.04. (don't ask sometimes addition is tricky). SO I thought that I had only $2008 left to raise, and that was a cool number. Ah well I just need to get a $4 donation for it to be 2008.

The final round of pre-blog thanking. I would like to thank the following poeple: Geary B., Barb and Rick B., Evalyn G., Matt M., Kyle R., and Amanda W. finally the following two businesses Rising Tide, and Salt Bay Trading Oriental Rugs. These are the people who helped my fundraising momentum continue after I arrived back at college.

So I would love to write about my adventures since I have been home, they involve vacuuming, driving through down pours, eating cake, (no good adventure is cakeless), painting my nose with gray oil paint, sleeping, not sleeping, loosing at Casino, eating gelato, speaking German, transporting Lipschitz, getting nagged, raising money, eating a white chocolate raspberry scone, cold feet, fires in the fire place, getting stabbed with a staple, reading, riding bikes that go no where, looking at bike that go places, wearing a hat and scarf against the cold, Educational Psychology... and the list goes on, but now I must get some fundraising letter writing time in before the sleeping happens. Then tomorrow I get to run the Cash register at Bath Maine's Habitat for Humanity's chapter ReSale story. I will probably have stories to tell tomorrow. Cash Registers and I usually end up fighting. It's a toss up who wins. Someday I'll win the war...someday.