Summer Update, wk 2

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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3 thoughts on “Summer Update, wk 2

  1. 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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      1. 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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