(I spent the first weekend of October in Winter Park catching up with my old high school classmates and the second one up in Pennsylvania reminiscing with family and celebrating my cousin’s milestone birthday.) Tomorrow I’ve got a pre-dawn date with a wizard and I’ll be cloning myself. I can hardly wait to see what the final week has in store.Tomorrow’s date is with a much younger man I’ve heard a lot about… one who gives the term “sending out sparks” a whole new meeting. Specifically, I’ll be meeting a guy known for a lightning bolt - shaped scar on his forehead. While I’m looking forward to seeing him, I don’t give us much of a chance. For starters, I don’t anticipate our being able to spend enough time together to see if there could be anything between us. Not only that, I understand that he’s in pretty hot demand and I don’t share men.
Don’t feel sorry for me though. If I don’t feel the magic with Harry, I understand that there will also be a significant number of men in uniform in the vicinity, as well as some very accomplished athletes and a few real characters.
Should be quite the interesting morning.Once a month I run a 5K with a group of friends and tomorrow, we’ll be participating in the Universal Pursuit 5K, which is being sponsored by the Association of Chiefs of Police for the benefit of Special Olympics Florida. The course winds through City Walk, Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. Though I've been to CityWalk recently, it's been a while since I've been to the parks. I'm really looking forward to checking out Suess Landing and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
Dr. Suess and I go back as far as my own childhood. I'm not much of a cat person, but put one in a hat and you've got my attention. As for JK Rowling's contribution to the liteary world, she did what no one before her was able to do and what no one since has accomplished, she got my child to read for pleasure. For that, she'll always have my undying devotion. I would imagine that seeing Horton and his whos, Gertrude McFuzz and that snow covered Hogwarts Castle while running through the parks is going to be quite the rush. I can't wait!
I have done a lot of things in the Universal entertainment complex in the two decades it’s been around. Among other things, I’ve danced until the wee hours of the morning. I’ve dined on fabulous food and I have been catapulted through the air on some amazing rides. Tomorrow, however, will be my first time breaking a sweat there and I love that I'll be doing it for such a good cause.
To make tomorrow even more interesting, while the real me pretends to be an athlete and runs with cartoon characters so some real athletes – the Special Olympians - get a chance to compete, a pretend me – a cartoon me - will also be exercising. “I’ll” be nearing the end of a virtual walk across the country in order to increase the chances for some other special folks – a group of real warriors – women who are battling Stage IV breast cancer. Since its inception, I have been pleased to participate in this annual “event”, a 31 day online trek across our great land with a throng of other people and stops in almost every major city.
I really love this fundraiser! For a mere $5, participants get to create an animated version of themselves, “walk” the country without getting off their couches and help a group of women who really need and deserve some love and assistance. Maybe you’d care to join me for the last leg of this little jaunt… If so, log onto https://www.galtogalwalk.org/ and register.
Well, gotta go get some beauty sleep … so I’ll be ready for a day when two of me will be logging some serious miles. Sure do love these win-wins!
No comments:
Post a Comment