Patience, not my strong point...

Patience is sometimes difficult for me.  I've been told that I have a saint's patience with my children, but somehow it doesn't work the same with this kind of waiting for me...

I've invited everyone at work and on my facebook page to join me in the 60 mile journey this year.  I have heard back from 4 other women that they are interested in joining me, all seem serious.  This would be so exciting!  I love the thought of sharing this truly meaningful experience with them, and I think it would be a lot more fun with them involved.  It's just so hard waiting for final decisions and for them to register, because I get as excited to begin as a little kid...  So I'm working on patience...

In the meantime, I've started my training so that I don't feel like I've put everything on hold.  Thanks to my wonderful mother-in-law who purchased the family YMCA membership from my auction last year and gave it to my family for Christmas this year, I have a place to start.  I just don't DO cold very well; taking a walk in 5 degree weather is just NOT going to happen.  So I had to get over my fear of treadmills, not easy for me.  I think of all the times that I've tripped over my own feet, and imagine tripping, falling, and getting thrown right off the treadmill in front of a room full of much more coordinated people... But I've done it, and completed 11 miles in my first week of training.  My goal is 10 miles/week for now, since it's still early in the year.

Training started...check!

Fundraising on the other hand is where I have come to a roadblock.  I have contacted Buffalo Wild Wings to start the process of setting up my (hopefully) 2nd annual silent auction/ Dine-out nite, and should have the date for our 1st meeting next week.  I really want to have the auction date early this year, so I have loads of time to try and get really good items to auction off.  Last year I only had the date of the auction 6 weeks prior, and the rush to get items last minute made me crazy!  But without knowing if or how many people will be officially joining my team, I can't really make other plans since I would need their input if they want to do fundraisers with me.  And the hardest part is thinking that if all 4 others join me, I not only have to raise $2,300, I have to help raise $11,500!!!!!!  So the earlier I can start this, the better!

And I have so many ideas I want to look into and get started on this year!  I have to keep restraining myself from starting them (with the mantra:  Patience... patience... patience...) and from once again getting in over my head, since I feel pressure to think big with the huge number 11,500 in front of me.  That's not the kind of money you raise from just pampered chef parties or bake sales, that's BIG fundraiser money there!  Like a bowl-a-thon, a zumba-thon, car washes...

But I will be good until I know how many people will actually be on team "Me and The Girls."  I will try to be the model of patience, even though sitting in this chair thinking about all I will need to do is giving me "ants in my pants!"  I will start with just my personal fundraising letters, and other small personal ideas.  I will show restraint, somehow.  Wish me luck...