weekend recap...

.friday.night.
good times at g and ch's condo. gregg telling his sex and the city date. terriyaki chicken. chocolate cake. candles. zentra. girls night. no eye candy. why does this happen when it's just us girls out??.

.saturday. gooooOOOOO RIDER!
closing ceremonies for the heartland aidsride 7. there were much less volunteers than i had imagined. and we got a nice new t-shirt! woohoo! it's a periwinkle color, unlike the other aidsride t-shirts i have already. oh, 1 thing that kind of upset me was that the crew this year were allowed to keep their fleeces! and they were NEW yellow fleeces! {is 'fleeces' a word? or is it like sheep? many fleece? or many fleeces?} anyways, so what did pallotta do with the cool red fleece that we wore last year, since they obviously got new ones for this year's crew?! oh well. i guess we did pay less than this year's crew. but whatever.

so it was a different experience just volunteering. but whenever the crowd cheered and welcomed home the riders, it was all the same feelings. that choke in the throat. the overwhelming feeling of being proud of people who you don't even know. and yelling out congratulations to everyone that made it. all those feelings made me miss not being part of it this year. but oh well. c'est la vie. can't change the past. the only good reason for not doing it this year : the emergency evacuation they went through on thursday night because of the heavy thunderstorms. phew for that!

it was so nice to see old friends from last year. there were about 4 of the same people on bike parking this year as last year. so i had a good time catching up and seeing how this year's ride went. there were also 4 riders this year who were on bike parking this year. i heard they did well the entire time. so i'm very proud of everyone. the worst reason for not doing it this year was that this will probably be the last one. at least for a while. they're actually cancelling it because of decreased attendance. but i really think they should keep it, and get rid of the vaccine rides. but i guess some things just weren't meant to be. at least i did it once. at least i had the experience. and for that i should be grateful.

i did find that some people who volunteered, did not know how to work on a team. is that how it always is? like one woman just watched as i sank to my knees while trying to give her a huge water jug that was heavier than the rest. no one really jumped in to help me carry it, except g. it was funny though, when we talked about it later. harharhar. we couldn't stop talking about it while we ate dinner.

and at the end of the day, i was exhausted as expected. *sigh* those were the days.

.sunday. .patience. persistance.

did some shopping on sunday. got some new work shoes. and a couple new shirts. very nice. i really shouldn't be spending, but there were some good sales. so i figured it was worth it.

ate at bahama breeze that night, the new one on gold rd. it was so great. brought back a lot of memories. i really love eating at that place. i think it may be one of my fav restaurants in the area. it's different than any other place. and the drinks are awesome. can't get that anywhere in the burbs.

watched some tv. ended up watching 'door to door' on tnt. anyone seen that? it's based/inspired on a true story a true guy. starring william h macy as bill porter, this guy with cerebral palsey. he lived with his mom, and found a job as a door to door salesman for the watkins company. he didn't have full control of us left hand. so he couldn't put his tie on, or button his cufflinks, his mom had to do it for him. and at the end of his day, his mom would come pick him up at his last house. his mom made him sandwiches for lunch, which he usually ate outside on a bench. he had a tough time in the beginning making sales, so his mom would encourage him by writing in food coloring on his sandwiches "patience" and "persistance". that's how he got the job in the first place. he charmed his way into getting that job and in getting some sales. built a solid customer base. and gave them customer service that they couldn't get anywhere else. his mom got sick - they didn't specify, but i think it was alzheimers. she had to be taken care of, so she went to a home. so bill didn't have anyone to take care of him. he started taking the bus and made some new friends in a hotel, who put on his tie, buttoned his cuffs, and tied/polished his shoes. it was a very sweet story. basically about how he made a life for himself even though he was disabled, without accepting any pity from anyone. i believe he's still alive today, but i'm not sure what he's doing. they said that you can find him at www.billporter.com . i'm gonna check it out after i post this thing. i'm a sucker for sappy stories. but it also reminded me that we can all do whatever we want, as long as we have patience and persistance. patience is a huge thing. i obviously don't have enough of it. if there's something that you want to do, you should do it. no matter what anyone says to you. i really liked that movie. very simple. cut out the crap that usually goes on in everyone's lives and just told it like it was. it's easy to forget the simple, more important things in life. why does everything get so easily complicated?

so today i made a list of things i need to do, and i just have to do it. not be lazy about it. got it? i'm out.