The Simple Life...

Good morning!

I say good morning, as right now it's 5AM where I'm sitting, but more about that later.

A couple of weeks ago I held a barbecue fundraiser at the Blessington Store for my Team Diabetes campaign. Just to be clear, no, it wasn't as lucrative as some people (including myself) thought it might be, but it's all good. We managed to raise over $400 on the weekend, which is $400 that I wouldn't have raised if I had just hung out playing Guitar Hero all weekend.
I made some good contacts, got some exposure, and spent some quality time with my dad. I've gotta tell you though, if you ever need to go somewhere to get away from everything, Blessington is the place to go...everyone there is super easy going, you'd almost guess they were all potheads they're so laid back, but they're just farmers, and nice people who don't let the little things get to them. If only we could all be so chilled all the time.

Anyhow, big thanks to the Sartoretto Family for your support that weekend, I really do appreciate it. Plus thanks to my dad who worked his ass off Friday and Saturday as everyone else was working, and to Brock for helping me out on Sunday. I also need to thank my bro in law Murray for lending me his canopy's, which mother nature decided to scoop up and demolish like little bitches...luckily for me, Murray is a very understanding guy. Oh crap, I almost forgot to thank everyone who donated raffle prizes - Quinte Broadcasting (thanks Lorne), The Blessington Store, Mom, and Aunt Chris who donated the big prize, the bistro set.

Okay, so now to the reason why it's been 3 weeks since my last post, and why I'm writing this one at 5AM. The short version...I'm a little stressed out my friends. Now, I don't really want to get into too many details as I don't want anyone thinking I'm crazy, but essentially that weekend in Blessington was an eye opener to the fact that the fundraising part of this is definitely harder then anyone gives it credit for. You would think that running 50 kilometres per week would be a little more difficult then raising money for a charitable organization, but it's really not!!! At this point I've got less then 2 months to reach my fundraising goal, which is really not a lot of time. Now, I have no doubt in my mind that I will achieve this, but it's not going to be easy.

Combine the above with the fact that I've got a crapload going on at work as my career seems to be taking off (which is a good thing, just bad timing), Amy just started back to school and is working as well so we can continue to eat, I have to find a new hair product as they've discontinued the one I've been using for the past 3 years (this could be harder then fundraising), and here's the thing I've been avoiding writing about...Brock is officially out. Put it all together and you've got a Will with a lot of effing shit on his mind...effing shit that wakes him from his sleep at 5AM. I don't want to go into detail as to why Brock is out, but to put it short, he's got more on his mind then I do, so it's the best decision for him. As for me...please do not be concerned (that's for my Nana), those who know me, know that I always seems to pull through the shit smelling like roses, and quite frankly I get off on it...not literally, that'd be a little perverted and pretty sick, but you know what I mean.

BTW...I ran over 200km last month, and am already over 30km for this month, so yes, I'm still running.

I promise I'll try not to get too heavy again...just needed to vent...thanks for reading!

Will