Just Call Me Dorothy

"I'M MELTING! I'M MELTING! Oh, What a world! What a world!" ~The Wicked Witch of the West, from The Wizard of Oz

So anyone that is in the area knows that it's been a little warm here lately. Today's heat index is 105 degrees! Ugghh! And let's not even start on the humidity. It's the kind of weather that in the morning when you go outside, you just can't breathe because it's so oppressive.

I'd like to claim that I've been too hot to blog, and that's why it's been so long since you, dear reader, had a glimpse of my musings, but I'd be lying. I've just been plain old busy-- at work, with friends visiting us on the weekends, and with TNT events during the week.

We are looking forward to our area kickoff this Thursday night. It will be a fun night with new members and old, coaches, mentors and honored team heroes. Dan and I are really looking forward to meeting our new teammates! It should be a great night.

Last night, we were over at TNT Central to help with "Call Night". This is when we all make follow up phone calls to folks that signed up for information meetings, but either were unable to attend or attended but did not register for an event. It meant alot of messages on answering machines, but it's a great way to keep people connected and help them become involved in this fantastic experience! There were about 6 of us, so the calls went pretty quickly.

We are also excited about our first team practice this Saturday. What a difference from our very first TNT practice in January. Instead of being too cold, I think we will be too hot! Dan and I will actually be staying in Philadelphia this weekend to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary. (AAWW!) We will go to practice in the morning on Saturday and then we have tickets to see the King Tut exhibit at the museum. We're having a nice dinner out on Saturday night, and then it's back to our "real life" on Sunday. It will be nice to "get away", without really going "away"!

Thanks for checking in, as usual. As the season gets going, I am sure we'll have plenty of funny stories and pictures. But let's all remember the reason for Team in Training to begin with. We're helping to find a cure for blood cancers, one race at a time! I should have the links up for donations soon. This season, my goal is 3000$! Please help me get there if you can!

GO TEAM!
~Sara