Mini’s Californian vacation has closed out its second week with the following results:
She volunteered at the Rock n Roll San Diego Marathon and Half Marathon which required her to be happy at a very early hour and encourage all the participants to stay hydrated. Later she stated it was awesome!



Spare Parts had a fabulous idea to propagate roses using only a random TikTok video for reference. It included cutting rose stems, shoving them into a potato, and planting the whole mess. Her parting words were “…now we plant them and hope we don’t grow potatoes!” We both had a good laugh.


Parts bought me this nifty egg-boiling contraption called … Nifty Egg-Boiling Contraption. I made that up. It actually works!!!! It’s made of something smart that tells me when the eggs are adequately hard-boiled, or not. There’s no in between. Although it probably serves a better purpose for weirdos that want eggs basically raw (ahem, McK), I’m still using it because it’s fun.


Finally, Kelly Crocker was enticed to make cookies. I haven’t had raw sugar and flour in so long I didn’t even recognize the taste! Alas, one miniscule taste was all I had. Dare I say removing sugar, flour, and mostly all carb-y things from my diet has made a world of difference. Yes, it’s difficult to say no but I know myself well enough to know that if I indulge once then it’s a long fall to the ground and an even longer amount of time to get back up. I choose to live vicariously through others.

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I ask you –
Have you ever volunteer at a large event?
When was the last time you baked?
On a scale of 1 to that’s-never-going-to-work, do you think the roses will actually grow?
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Ha! Kelly Crocker. I like it.
Have you ever volunteer at a large event?
I’ve volunteered for Brooklyn Half Marathon and NYC Marathon expos. I have to admit that it was not 100% altruistic because I volunteered for those events to get my 9+1 guaranteed entry to a NYC Marathon.
When was the last time you baked?
Christmas dinner.
On a scale of 1 to that’s-never-going-to-work, do you think the roses will actually grow?
They’ll grow.
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A perk of volunteering, in my opinion!
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The interesting thing: I caught the bug for volunteering for other NYRR races especially since I lived close to many of its races’ start. However, the org said that I could volunteer for only one race per year.
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