Travel - LOTS! For work at least. W and I spent most of June switching cars at the airport, with his attendance
at three different sports psychology, sports medicine or education conferences and my trips to California, Florida, Connecticut and Montana. We did have a chance to spend Memorial Day in Newport for the Bixby Family Reunion and to visit old friends and members of our bridal party. So we have actually been somewhere fun this summer. Our thanks to Sousa 
and Canning for allowing us to crash at their respective homes during our visit. While in the Massachusetts and Rhode Island areas, we hung out in downtown Newport, saw a polo match, caught up with Tanis & George, saw Paul, Colleen and Mary and had lots of other fun adventures. My other summer travel involved attending my cousin Laurel's high school graduation party. I can't believe she's heading off to college. She was born on my birthday around 18 years ago!!! I feel old.
July will see visits to St. Louis, Oklahoma City, and somewhere in Ohio. Hopefully sometime in August we'll be able to visit my parents in Annapolis and see our nieces and my brother and sister-in-law, as well as see some old friends in DC and do some kayaking.
Work - not much to report from my end except for the above travel. All still going well. W just finished his summer online class and is spending the rest of the summer on research, his bike and his golf game. We can't all be teachers.
The 3-Day - Training is in full swing with my activities as an official Breast Cancer 3-Day Training Walk Leader taking up a significant portion of my free time. Training this year is far different from 2002 and 2005. In Washington DC I led a group of about 25 regular walkers who were all participating in the local event. In Lubbock my training was solitary and painful as it comprised of flat, windy West Texas roads. Here I am with a group of usually 5-13 walkers all participating in different 3-Days across the country, ranging from Boston in less than a month to San Diego in November! It is wonderful to train with a group again. While the speed is slower than normal for me, the time goes much faster. And I'm meeting some wonderful women (and men) along the journey. We walk regularly on the American Tobacco Trail in Durham and around the Carrboro and Chapel Hill areas. So far this week I'm up to 32 miles.
Fundraising is a bit different this year as it is the first time that it has not coincided with my holiday cards. I always thought that fundraising would be slower around Christmas or Hannukah with all of the money spent for presents and general time obligations. But perhaps around that time people want things off of their list and feel obligated to be generous at the holidays. This year the fundraising is going much slower. Many friends keep asking...when is your walk again? What is the deadline? Despite the slow pace, due to the generosity of friends, family and colleages, I'm up to about $1200. Near to my required $2200 to participate but barely 25% of the way towards my personal goal. I am hosting a fundraiser at Top of the Hill in Chapel Hill on Tuesday the 31st of July. Hopefully the $1 from every charity beer and soda ordered all day will help me get a little closer to my goal. Also the matched donations from my company won't clear until the middle of August, so I have no idea how much that has raised. I estimate at least another 300 dollars. If you want to help raise fund for breast cancer education, prevention, research and support through Susan G. Komen for the Cure, please click the link below to donate online or come to the fundraiser on the 31st and order the charity beer!
