Monday, July 14, 2008

Losing Ourselves In Service


Well, this past weekend Dave and I participated in the Relay For Life. It was our first time doing this, and after staying up most of the night (I passed out around 2:30) we decided to do this again next year. We were supposed to be there at 5:30pm Friday, but I dropped 4 of my cats off at their new home and got to visiting with Suzie Jones and Jano and Jessica Romero. When we arrived, we grabbed a bite to eat, visited with some of our other teammates, and then walked around the track for a bit. About midnight we saw a show put on by Charlies Angels (Drag queens) and got a kick out of it. At 1am, all the men on the teams had to dress as women for an hour and collect donations as they walked around the track. The photo is of the 3 men on our team, and I told Dave he could not hug or kiss me as long as he was dressed like that.
The whole thing raised $195,000 and all of it goes to cancer research. It was good to spend 12 hours just forgetting about our worries and problems, and focusing on other peoples instead. We still haven't made progress on our house situation, and are waiting for our attorney to call us back. We will keep you posted. Love you all.

2 comments:

Chrystal said...

Hi Jess! Glad to see you guys are doing well!

Chrystal said...

It's always nice to help others when we can. I appreciated the call for our anniversary and we love you and always wish you the best.