Wait, when I logged into my blogger just now, did it really just say "Last published July 7th"??? Oh dear. I promise I haven't been inactive since then. On the contrary, I have been TOO active, and therefore unable to post. Here are a few updates:
Since I am hearing rumblings in t
he news of temperatures plummeting in NYC over the next few days, I am going to go ahead and call this the end of the season. That means that #53 is officially done! My flowers and basil plants still look great, but I need to make sure to harvest that basil before I lose it to the cold! Who wants to come over for homemade pesto??? Maybe I can make it my signature dish! (#64!)
...Baby steps, here. Baby steps.
I've been making progress on other parts of the list as well. The most obvious one being my recent contribution to #39 on the list, which was do donate to some sort of children's charity. For that, I decided to send 14" of my hai
r to
Wigs For Kids, an organization that provides wigs to children going through medical treatments. I was happy to do it, knowing that my locks were going to help make some child feel good, even when dealing with a terrible illness.
I am also proud to say that I have now donated over a foot of hair to each of the three major wig-making organizations: Locks Of Love (x2), Pantene's Beautiful Lengths, and Wigs for Kids.
Recently, I also reached out to a girl that used to be a very good friend of mine all through middle school and high school that I lost touch with when we both went off to college. I have often wondered what became of her, and how she was, and with the help of another buddy of mine, I recently tracked her down! The two of us have been emailing each other every few days with updates about our lives, and our families. It is odd to send "updates" to someone you used to know so well... especially when those updates are things like "
Well, I'm married.... I live in New York City...", but it is sort of fun, too. I also tried reaching out to another friend of mine from high school a while back. I had basically given up hope when I didn't hear anything back for a long time, but this friend wrote back to me just YESTERDAY! Hooray! It is so nice to hear from these people again, and now I am wondering who else I could possibly track down. #11 on the list: CHECK.
My final update is a little premature, but I am counting it for #21 anyway. I am taking part in my first FLASH MOB tomorrow! There is a whole choreographed routine that I am learning (and need to look at a few more times before I head to rehearsal in the morning) that is about 3 minutes long and SUPER complicated. We are going to be surprising some man who has a milestone birthday this weekend (either 40th or 50th, I think) and his wife set up this huge surprise. The whole flash mob thing is weird, because we are less than a day away and we still don't even have a location yet. In fact, I guess they are going to tell us where to meet a few hours before the event, and then we are going to travel to the location together (and not find out where it is until we get there). I don't even know what time this dance will be taking place. They gave us a block of time to reserve for ourselves, but I am guessing we won't find out the actual time until we arrive. They don't joke around about this stuff staying secret! They really take every precaution to make sure that there won't be people standing around with cameras or anything to give it away when birthday boy arrives. I hope someone takes a video of it so I can post it here....
And let's be honest, I hope this is me tomorrow...
So those are my updates! Off to see a Broadway Show tonight, and count it toward my list!
(I am dead center, white tank top and brown hat).
