better day

Sunday steps: 6648
Monday steps: 8909
Tuesday steps: 9349

So – things were better today – had a talk with someone and we cleared some air, got some misunderstandings (on both sides) out of the way. It’s a good day when you can clear the slate and go onward, you know?

Finished the mock-ups of three projects for the Executive Director to see tomorrow when she returns from a conference. These need to be sent to a grant funder for approval and then on to the printer. The afternoon I spent getting firm bids on the projects. I had gotten preliminary bids in February when we were writing the grant. Now it is time to spend the money.

This morning two gentlemen came in to work on our construction project. They will be doing the electrical work on our new conference room . . . as volunteers! It looks like the only construction work (so far at any rate) we will have to pay for is the plumbing/heating portion – and he tells us he can give us a good deal because he believes in our mission. Is that awesome or what?

Our dirt work was donated, the materials used so far were donated, the labor and materials for the concrete work – donated. The manpower to build and raised the walls to this point – donated. And now the electric work – donated. We are blessed to be in such a community as this.

After losing a volunteer last week due to her snow bird status (she travels to the lower 48 during the winter months) I wondered what would happen next. Yesterday someone popped in and asked for an application, brought it back today, and she will take over where my other one left off – we only had one week with no volunteer to keep the donation closet straightened. How cool is that?

And, tomorrow is my Friday – I am back on my 30 hour schedule again. First order of business Friday morning – get the winter tires put on the car. Second order of business – begin to clean this house! Friday afternoon, Sean and I hope to go to an orienteering event at Tsalteshi Trails as part of the 10k steps program. We probably will not be doing the orienteering stuff (it’s a race and I am no runner nor racer right now), but hope to walk part of the trails before coming back to Kenai and then on to the Nikiski pool for swim time.

Saturday I have an appointment to get my hair cut. Yay!

And, I was invited to join an online writing group – one that has a challenge each month (with a prize, even) and a deadline for entry. This month’s entry is 1200 words (more or less) to be submitted Nov. 15th. We have two words as the basis for our stories – chosen at random from flipping open the dictionary. The words were a bit odd (I may share the story at a later date) and my mind immediately went blank. The next day, however, I had written over 500 words. Yesterday I had gotten it all out and accumulated nearly 1600 words. Daughter read it and offered some suggestions – I realized I had changed tenses in the middle of the second page and corrected that – tonight I have incorporated some of the suggestions and it is finished at just over 1500 words.

Now I will just let it sit for a few days and then pick it up to read it again – see what glares out at me then. Tomorrow is writers group – and I don’t think I have anything to share – I probably won’t share this story there until December. (after the challenge is over)

So there you have it – another day in the life of the moose. Hope yours was a good one.

Posted by Purplemoose at November 5, 2003 10:50 PM