Funny thing happened to me last week. I accidentally signed up to participate in the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. The Relay is held from 6pm to 6am Friday night into Saturday. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am asleep on Friday before 9pm. I start to get crabby and need to lie down around 8. But, not this Friday! This Friday my butt will be walking around the Parade Grounds in support of my dear friend who has the cancer. (That's right, the cancer.) I believe I have signed up for the critical 2am - 6:30am shift. I figure this way, since I am going to be miserable and crabby, I might as well have gotten at least some sleep... 8pm -1:30am is a good 5 hours.
So, how does one accidentally sign up for a relay? Only I could do such a thing. I wanted to give money so I clicked "Join Me" - thinking I was joining my friend's team by giving her money. Yes, I am an idiot. I did not realize until the site was talking about a tee-shirt and my $10 entrance fee that I had in fact signed up to relay. It would be bad karma to back away from this so I won't. Besides, this gives me an excuse to eat pizza this week. I am excited about supporting my friend with the cancer by being up with her and walking for 4.5 hours. The girl is on chemo - if she can do that and be there - I can not be lazy and grumpy for a night. I am actually glad that I accidentally did this. We'll see how I feel at 7am on Saturday.
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