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Sunday Jul 16, 2006

£600 down, £3000 to go!

hi all,

well afraid my entry isnt going to be very exciting....I'm so envious of Selina, reading her blogs, she is living the dream, and good on her! Im doing the boring preperation bit still, and will be for several months. The money countdown continues, now only £3000 to raise and 5 months to do it! Im trying to find a second job, get in some newspapers and on the radio, and think of some crazy things to do to raise money, but all the things I think of arn't possible for several reasons! As you can probably tell I'm getting a bit down-hearted by it all, especially having just returned from holiday, and I keep getting e-mails saying I need to raise more, an.....OH LORDIE...been chatting to 1 of my college mates on MSN while writing this (multi-tasking r us!) He runs a sky-diving company buisness ,but its non-profit and just told me....

"i have a small group doing one in either september or august and they are very persistant that they want to say thankyou in some way, but i don't want them to give me anything because it just feels like i'm taking money that could be going to the charities they support, so we agreed that they would make a donation to your trip because that would make me happy and make them feel like they've said thanks"

He doesnt know how much, and says it may not be much, but it has just really touched me that he even though of it...its suddenly encouaged me, and given me enthusiasm again...wow look at that, a complete mood change in one blog! Like I said, no matter how much it is, the fact that he thought of me without out knowing how much I was strugeling has made a huge difference to me.

Thank-you steve....my much loved friend!

em xx

Posted by Emily ( 5:19 PM )
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