Do Some Good for Your Community

Gentle Readers,

It’s official: I’ve registered again for the October 17, 2010 AIDS Walk Philly.

My goals for this year’s walk are:

• raise at least $500 and
• walk the 12K in 2 hours.

Donations to my fund-raising effort support local efforts to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and benefits over 30,000 people living with HIV/AIDS in the Philadelphia region.

I hope I can count on your support, be it in a monetary form or helping to spread the word out about my effort. You can visit my participant page for updates on my fund-raising effort and to donate securely online. (Donations are tax-deductible if you're from the U.S.A.!). If you need another way to donate, contact me and we can work something out.

Thanks, in advance, for your consideration.

Flyers.Femme

Hiatus: What the Heck Does That Mean?

Dear GRs,

Well, the simple answer is: it depends what you're talking about.

• TV shows: Either its the seasonal break or your beloved show is about to be axed.
• Hockey: It's the Olympics or All-Star Game
• Me: The job is challenging or some goal is sucking up time and financial resources.

As far as hockey is concerned, we're speeding towards the Olympics. Personally, I don't think the pros should be playing there, but you're allowed to develop your own opinion on these matters.

As far as my life as a fan who blogs is concerned, the situation is about 25/75. I fortunately have a job that is ever-evolving, creative, and brings new opportunities. It can be mentally fatiguing when I have an e-learning design issue to work through, but I can't say it's dull.

The big time-suck for my blogging schedule though is that my funds are being temporarily diverted to another, higher purpose. Like many other people of my generation in this country, I paid for school with loans. I was lucky because I only used them to pay for 1/4 of my tuition; the rest were covered by scholarships and grants. However, tens years into this fiscal journey, I realized something when I looked at the principal balance in December.

If I suck it up and tighten down just a little more on how much I spend, I can double my monthly payment. That would allow me to finish paying the loans off in two years, and I'd be completely debt-free.

So, while it means that I'm temporarily putting off the pleasure of attending live games and forgoing the lovely benefits of Comcast cable in my apartment, I can live with the trade off. Ultimately, it means I'll have more money for my hockey obsession.

And a kick-butt TV, because that is the reward I've set for myself.

Bear with me while my posting is infrequent. I'm concentrating what time I can to this blog, as well as my other one.

Got Nothing

Miracle do still happen, Gentle Readers!

No, I'm not talking about Lake Placid. I'm dealing with something that induces much more fear than a 1980 USSR hockey team.

Citi has managed to - finally! - receive one of my five attempts to provide them with the information related to my identity theft and fraud case. Because my bank - good old Wachovia - is so proactive about resolving these crimes, my life should be almost back to normal by the end of the week.

Always assuming it doesn't take five tries for Citi to receive and process that paper work.

You know what that means? Nothing to distract me from being a faithful Flyers fan, listening to and watching games with no real-life drama and trauma. (Discounting the sucky economy.)

It means I can buy a beer and a pretzel at this Saturday's game and not worry about it.

Thank God for Tuesdays!
Flyers.Femme
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