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happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 3/10/2006, 3:38 am

Kathy

that is incredibly inspiring. I wanna do something like that now.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 3/10/2006, 5:52 am

Thanks everyone :love:

My feet hurt, my head hurts, and I'm still very exhausted but it was all very worthwhile for this event. You should see the feedback forms... it makes me cry to read what the women wrote about how amazing their day was.

crustine · Post by **crustine** » 3/10/2006, 6:41 am

Kathy are you going to make that an annual event? I love that you called it the day of empowement. Was it held on international womens day?
That was a huge undertaking but we need volunteers in our society like you. You are a great role model.
Yeah Kathy

Post by **saman** » 3/10/2006, 8:45 am

bleargh! i almost slept in *again*! set my alarm for 8:30, and when it rang, i kept hitting snooze. around 8:50 when i usually get up, my alarm starts ringing, so i think, "yeah, yeah, i know. i'll get up", turn my alarm off, turn over in bed and go right back to sleep. wake up again at 9:27 when my first class is at 9:30, and before you know it, i'm flying all over the place putting clothes on, getting my stuff ready, and running to my class because i'm supposed to have a test. got to class at 9:35, thankfully, but shaking as i've not had breakfast yet and cursing myself for being so stupid.

i hate it when this happens. the most unpleasant way to start your day.

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 3/10/2006, 9:17 am

crustine wrote:Kathy are you going to make that an annual event? I love that you called it the day of empowement. Was it held on international womens day?
That was a huge undertaking but we need volunteers in our society like you. You are a great role model.
Yeah Kathy

This is the second one we've held, and it's meant to be an annual event. Because of quick turnover in shelters it is technically needed on a quarterly basis but it's not feasible to do it that often. It took over 100+ volunteers to plan, thousands of volunteer hours, and the event will have cost us over $8000... we're still gathering receipts and calculating.

It would have been nice to tie into Int'l Womens Day but we had to get availability of our CEO as well as every conference room in our office building, so we had to go with the day after IWD. Close enough!

Feedback is coming in from our shelter partners today about how excited the women were when they got back, went through all the stuff they got, sat with their shelter workers and explained how the day went, talked to their kids about what they did all day, etc. Makes my sore feet, no sleep, no voice left all worth it. :love:

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 3/10/2006, 11:21 am

Amazing.

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 3/10/2006, 12:49 pm

it's sooo nice out today

too bad i'm sick so i can't go anywhere

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 3/10/2006, 1:09 pm

we went out for lunch and it is sooo nice outside... that makes me happy

Soozy · Post by **Soozy** » 3/10/2006, 1:11 pm

So, I didn't tell my colleagues that I was up until 3am trying to get OLP tickets. I just told them that I hadn't slept very well - which was true. I did TRY to sleep beforehand but was just too wound up - so I got lots of sympathy for being tired and crappy all day. hehe.

_old_lady_peace · Post by **_old_lady_peace** » 3/10/2006, 1:12 pm

it;'s not very nice here. in fact it's looking rainy still and that's not cool. but...i do like the temperature. it's not too hot, not unbearably cold. medium.

i'm medium.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 3/10/2006, 2:48 pm

I did that too! I was taking a nap at 9 when someone called me. They were like, what the hell are you doing in bed!?

Bandalero · Post by **Bandalero** » 3/10/2006, 3:53 pm

leaving work early.....yay!!

_old_lady_peace · Post by **_old_lady_peace** » 3/10/2006, 4:24 pm

i am tiiiiiiiired

time to go start dinner. :/

happening fish · Post by **happening fish** » 3/10/2006, 4:35 pm

okay this is like the fifth straight day of rain & no sunlight at all. it's so depressing that i haven't mustered the energy to leave the house in days

_old_lady_peace · Post by **_old_lady_peace** » 3/10/2006, 5:03 pm

it's been raining here a lot too.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 3/10/2006, 5:10 pm

It's sunny here suckas! I wonder if it's sunny in LA...where I shall be in 3 days!

_old_lady_peace · Post by **_old_lady_peace** » 3/10/2006, 5:17 pm

lucky you!

i'm going to florida for spring break. and i'm making my mother stop in gainsville with me (gainsville florida= home of less than jake!!!)

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 3/10/2006, 5:18 pm

Oh man. It's so easy to play with boys' hearts. I wish I had figured this out earlier in my life.

_old_lady_peace · Post by **_old_lady_peace** » 3/10/2006, 5:20 pm

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 3/10/2006, 5:21 pm

Oh how I love it!