Well here we go, another Monday. I have a few things I want to share with you. I guess this is somewhat of a cross between one of my weekend recaps, a 10 random things blog and a “What’s up with Operation Jack” posting. I guess it’s 6 random things from the weekend that are up with Operation Jack. Or something like that.
Real quick, just in case you’ve never been here before, click here to see why I’m running 61 marathons for Train 4 Autism this year.
Speaking of which, I ran No. 40 of the year yesterday in Santa Rosa, Calif. Read the recap here.
My medal hanger for the year. 21 more and it’s full!
Grandma Bea Update
As I mentioned in my blog here on Thursday, my grandma had a serious health scare last Wednesday. She needed CPR to save her life after having heart failure, but she had a temporary pacemaker put in and she stabilized.
She’s having a permanent pacemaker put in today, and while it’s a fairly routine surgery, let’s be realistic — it’s a pretty scary thing. So for those of you who pray, please say a prayer for her!
By the way, that fundraising push I made in her honor in last Thursday’s blog raised $235. She’s going to be so excited — I’ll probably go visit her today or tomorrow and tell her. Thank you all so much!
Honey-Do List
I’ve barely had any honey-do lists this year, because I’m always out of town on the weekends. This weekend, though, I didn’t fly out until 2 p.m. on Saturday, so I had a little bit of time before I left. Tiff was hesitant to give me a list of things to do, because she I was traveling in the afternoon, but I was pretty excited. I got to be a normal dad with a list for once!
I took Ben to taekwondo, plunged the heck out of a toilet, fixed a printer, picked Ben up, went to the store to buy toner, fixed the garbage disposal, brought in the trash cans, created a chart to help Tiff track Jack’s supplements, I was going to fix the sprinklers but I told Tiff what the issue was and she got them easily taken care of … heck, I don’t remember what else. It was awesome, though! And then I packed, ate lunch and went to the airport.
Operation Jack 7-Hour Challenge
If you’re in the Portland area this weekend, we’re having a 7-hour timed race to benefit Operation Jack on Sunday. We’re looking for more runners and volunteers. If you run, you don’t have to run the whole thing. You can just run for an hour or however long you want to.
It’s going to be a fun event and we’re also going to have a barbecue on Saturday night. If you have any interest, e-mail me and let me know! All participants and volunteers will get free Operation Jack gear! < a href="http://www.dailymile.com/events/26069-operation-jack-7-hour-challenge" target="_blank">Here’s the info on the race.
Cool Idea From A Friend Of Mine
A college friend of mine named Stacy is going to an amusement park with her family this weekend. She asked me to send her Operation Jack shirts for them to wear to the park, and she had two great reasons. First, they’re all going to wear them, which will make it easier for them to spot each other and stay together.
Also, with a group of four people all walking around with shirts with the web address on it, surely it will prompt somebody to ask about Operation Jack or go check out the site! So, good idea, Stacy. If anybody ever wants to do something like this, let me know and I’ll some shirts out to you.
NFL Pick-Em Contest
Just throwing out a reminder that I’m going to have a pick-em contest this year as a fundraiser. Hopefully, a lot of you participate. It’s gonna be $20 for the entire season. You’ll pick weekly winners — no spread, no weighted games. Just pick each game and who you think will win. You’ll get a point for each game you pick correctly and the winner will be the person who does the best over the course of the season.
First place will pay 40% of the pool, second place will pay 20% and the remaining 40% will go to Operation Jack. So easy, fun, a chance to win something, NFL and only $20. Who’s in?
Here’s the link: http://operationjack.football.cbssports.com/.
The password to join the league is sixtyone
Enter the league and then click on the “Donate Now!” link at the top of any page on this site and donate $20. I’ll see it come through, I’ll check the site with the pool and I’ll confirm that I’ve got you as paid.
Lesson About Diet Coke
I learned a lesson about Diet Coke yesterday. If you’re ever 65 miles from the airport in Oakland, and you buy an extra large soft drink at In-N-Out, and you drink 2 1/2 of those before filling it up for the drive, and you get stuck in traffic, and you drive over bumpy roads 90 minutes later, and you don’t want to get off the highway in a bad part of Oakland … you’re not going to be happy. Now you know.
OK, that’s all for today. Have a great Monday everybody!
Actually, not to correct you, but I figured out what the problem was with the sprinklers! ;p Love you anyways!