Life Post Blogathon

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After the Blogathon ended yesterday morning, I tossed on my sarong and some sandals, grabbed a quick breakfast (i.e. 1/2 a cup of cottage cheese and some CL lemonade), and walked to Big Church in Town for their 9:00 service. (I went there because I had no desire to attempt to be social and I figured the service would be different and interactive enough that I’d actually have to pay attention.)

The music was WOV Setting 4 (which we referred to as “Some Enchanted Liturgy” in seminary) so I kind of had to think straight to participate; but at the same time, I have it memorized so I was doing it by rote. The sermon was excellent and I would probably have appreciated it more if I hadn’t been squeezing my keys and stabbing my wrists with them to stay awake. Communion involved kneeling so that was also a plus. Afterwards, I staggered home, checked email (yes… I checked email even after being online for 24 hours — it’s an annoying habit of mine), tossed on a t-shirt and pj bottoms, tuned into the LCMS service on the radio (the sermon was starting), and let the sermon lull me to sleep.

Jon woke me up 2 hours later (resulting in me giving him a rather toxic look) to go get food. After a grilled chicken sandwich/fries/bottle of Sundrop from the local family foodery, I was more awake and spent the afternoon reading, doing deep tabby massage (Cullen insisted), and trying to figure out how to make a theme on WordPress so I could upgrade ::Meditatio::. (If anyone wants to make me one, I will love you forever and let you pet my kitties.) I also did go for a “healthy walk”, albeit a shorter than normal one due to it being bloody hot/humid and me being tired. My goal was to make it to the end of Grey’s Anatomy and I did. I think my body finally crashed around 11.

Today, I woke up at 8:30 and set the snooze button for another 15 minutes. 3 1/2 hours later… I woke up and decided that it would be a *good thing* to actually *GET UP* and start my day. I’m doing laundry, trying to figure out how to make my own themes, and petting cats. In a bit, I’ll do the “healthy walk” thing (3+ miles this time!) and I’ll start working on some “me-crocheting”.

My Blogathon Experience

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I got up at 7:45, did devotions quickly, made some oatmeal and headed downstairs. I had taken the pictures for my first post the night before, so my 8:00 post was pretty easy. I settled into a routine of writing something original (or using someone’s suggested subject) for the :30 post and then crocheting/pinning, photographing, and uploading for the :00 post. It was actually a really good thing that I had a pattern because it made time go faster and it gave me some rhythm to what I was doing.

I ate at fairly scheduled intervals and made sure I was consuming at least a glass of water or Crystal Light for every can of Sun Drop (I actually did more water and CL than I had to). Foodwise, apples with peanut butter worked the best — it gave me some protein and I wasn’t really hungry for awhile afterwards.

One thing that I really did love: there is a community feel among all the ‘thonners. I had some *interesting* chats on mIRC (I basically left whenever they started getting too raunchy) and I also got to chat up Dreama whose site I’ve been kind of admiring from afar for a couple years now. She did the radio stuff from midnight to 4:00 CDT and her stuff was keeping me awake. (She even played “Timewarp” for me!) My afghan also graced the Blogathon home page which was really great since I’m pretty much a no-name among a lot of the more popular bloggers.

The best thing: $325 (and hopefully more if I get some more pledges) is going to help people in Afghanistan.

Blogathon Over

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Kittyface!!!!!!!!!
It was 24 hours of crocheting, caffeine, coming up with stimulating writing, strange IRC conversations, listening to music I don’t usually hear, and a strange sense of community with other bloggers who I don’t encounter in my normal travels.

If you sponsored me, go here for some instructions.

If you want to see the afghan from start to finish, click here.

If you want to pledge me (which you can do until the 9th — HINT HINT HINT), go register, then login and go here.

I’m still a little too tired to write anything coherent. I got 2 hours of napping in and I think I’ll hit the sack after Grey’s Anatomy.

Out on the Talking Lake

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The WELCA at Church #2 went pontooning this morning for our meeting and it was a blast. Technically, the pontoon ride was for people 65 and older, but some people lent R and I some of their years to even out the ages. 🙂 We visited, had the business meeting, did Bible study, drank homemade lemonade, and ate muffins. It was awesome to be out on the water (for the first time in 4 years!) and it was a beautiful morning.

I tried to explain the Blogathon to them but I wasn’t successful. I did, however, get $70 in pledges. 🙂