Mr. Saturday Night Special

It's 10 PM on a Saturday night - do you know where your dog is?

This morning we had a fall season info meeting in Hopkins and it went really well. We had 9 people attend and 7 signed up, with the other 2 leaning heavily towards signing up. Suzanne did a great job explaining the coaching aspect of the program, Betsy talked eloquintly about her involvement with TNT and why she got involved, and Bob spoke about his treatment for Hodgkin's over 20 years ago. And, of course, Julie did a great job explaining the program as a whole. People were very excited about TNT, which is one of the things I love most about this program - the fresh eagerness to want to do something more with your life and be part of something bigger than you are. GO TEAM!!!

After the meeting we headed back to the LLS office to drop off the stuff from the info meeting and load up the car for Sunday's Wells Fargo Half Marathon in Wayzata. Julie and I will be working the TNT tent at the finish line and we have this really cool prize wheel that people will be able to spin to win TNT stuff. We're hoping the weather cooperates. We went out and bought more rope and some cinder blocks to help hold down the tent. Hopefully things will calm down for the race and we get some more people interested in TNT.

We also stopped by Leslie's house to check on her garage sale fundraiser and to order some purses that she makes. Leslie is on the Tahoe cycle team and is working really hard to get her last $1,000 raised. We talked for a while about what her first TNT experience has been like and she is really impressed and excited about the "team" aspect of TNT. The way everyone supports and leans on each other is something that she greatly enjoys. We're all hear to support each other and raise the much needed funds for research and patient aid. TNT draws the best people!!

Our fundraising is going ok this time. We're each still a few hundred dollars short of our minimum and over $1,000 short of our goal. I've signed up to bag groceries at Cub's in Plymouth for tips with about 20 other people from TNT. We've heard that groups tend to do very well with this type of fundraiser so we're looking forward to it. This will give me the opportunity to dust off my bagging skills!!

I was doing some digging through old pictures and videos and came across this one from the Nike Women's Marathon back in 2005. Julie is interviewing me at the victory party after we just finished doing the full marathon. Not sure if this link will work or not but we'll try it. If so, perhaps you'll get a small kick out of it...

Well, it's time to call it a night. And remember desperado - it may be raining, but there's a rainbow above you. You better let somebody love you before it's too late.