So I’m sort of awake still and figure I can probably redux things OK.
The Good
-raising $270 (at this point) for International Justice Mission
-getting to hang out with lovely people again who I unfortunately only get to see during the ‘thon
-meeting awesome people like Lauren (one of my monitees — I always wind up meeting at least one really excellent person every year and she’s this year’s person)
-my awesome husband Jon bringing me Subway for lunch
-cats hanging out with me
-dancing the Timewarp at 3 a.m.
-my cheerleaders
-my monitor team: the bSpies who posted lots of cat macros
-getting to go to sleep right after I finished (and not having tons of phone calls to wake me up)
-being able to help out with Potterthon
The Bad
-the flippin’ heat
-the smoke outside which means that I can’t open windows to air out my study
-some of my monitored sites breaking my browser
-feeling completely punch drunk right now
-the nastily uncomfortable chair that is my computer chair
What I’ll Do Differently Next Year
-different charity (I love IJM to pieces but I switch charities every year)
-different computer chair!!!
-not be part of multiple group weblogs (it was fun but really hard when I had multiple entries due) or if I am, I’ll have entries going in on each site and saved until they have to be posted
-put my monitored sites into a bookmark group so that I can go surf and hang out without having to deal with the surfing frame
-have a cooler up here with cold drinks so that I don’t have to walk down two floors to the kitchen (then again… it was good exercise)
-print out my schedule so I don’t have to have MS Excel open
-create my Napster playlist and find some way of saving it so I don’t have to re-create it if my Napster freezes
-have a list of artists I want to check out so I have new music during the ‘thon
-keep mIRC open more so I can participate in more of the chat (oh yes… I’ll also have instructions to give my monitees on how to get in if they ask)
I will definitely participate again and I’ll monitor again as well.Â? (Monitoring means that I get to hang out with a group of people and be a cheerleader and find out about new and wonderful sites and people.)