Eventful Day!

Aside from getting my hair "did," taking a trip out to the house, looking at washers and dryers and grabbing some dinner with the parents, today has been quite eventful!

We were up bright and early (technically not so bright) and on our way up to The Woodlands, which is about 45 minutes north of Houston. The weather cooperated although it was the most humid day we have had in quite some time. The Angelman Syndrome Walk-A-Thon was amazing. We were able to mingle and learn a little bit about what Angelman Syndrome is. Until I met Mark, I had not even heard of it. One of his hosts along his walk made a huge impact on him. We walked for Jonathan today. Houston was one of the 26 cities that held a walk, and our city alone was able to raise over $50,000 to go towards research and resources needed to help those with AS. We saw a lot of Angels today!

After the walk was completed, we sped, and I mean SPED back to Houston to scoop up the boxes we had packed for our boys and girls on the frontlines. The post office closed early today but we just had to get some of these boxes out to make more room for the ones we still had left over. Today's shipment consisted of four large boxes of books, one box of magazines and snacks, as well as one box of some playing cards and blank greeting cards for them to write back home with. They are VERY cute! All of the magazines, cards and books were donated by Half Price Books, and our new friend Kelly.

We got to the post office about 45 minutes before they closed yet were there almost to the end. My one complaint about this visit: the ridiculous people waiting in line. I just can't seem to understand why people are such procrastinators. Why in the world would you wait until you are in line at the post office to sort through your Ebay orders. The woman in front of us had I would say about 10 different orders to ship, yet none were packed or addressed. I would consider it her lucky day because she realized that she wasn't ready, and it was only right to let us move ahead of her. She even said, "well, I saw how long the line was so jumped in even though I knew I wasn't ready." Really? My goodness.

My advice for the day: media mail is awesome. A lot lower of a cost of shipping for books!

After today we still have three boxes of books to ship, a couple of more to pack, and a ton of letters. I am also working on getting a few information materials out to some AAUSS volunteers. Off I go!