Storm Troopers and Sand People on Peachtree before noon. Listening to one of my favorite authors speak after a lunch over beer. Pouring myself the first Bloody Mary of the football season. Today is one of those stellar days.
Here’s hoping the Bulldogs keep my momentum going. . . .
If you read Dogwood Girl very often, you know my summer has sucked ass, pretty much from the end of May (Dad had heart surgery), into June (Pop went downhill fast and was in hospice), into a fucking awful July (Pop died), and then in August, I had a little cancer scare, which I haven’t talked about, but will now. Suspicious moles: Itchy and multiple colors. Fast-growing. Had them biopsied, and thankfully they were benign. Turning a new leaf, perhaps, on the luck front? I think so.
First i read that my fave series of forever is releasing the next book on Sept. 22nd. Then i found out that a good friend is expecting (Shhhh . . . it’s a secret!). Another friend had her baby boy Monday night. (Welcome, Miles!) And then this morning, I happened to come across a blog post from the author of the Gentleman Bastards series and he posted a REALLY LONG prologue excerpt to his next book!
And then there’s the fact that the kids are both in school from 9-12 three days a week. That is just enough of a break to keep me from selling them on the black market. And lots of time to play Bejeweled Blitz with my copilot sitting next to me.
I am in heaven. And feeling DAMN lucky.
Okay, I don’t usually do this, but this is a REALLY easy way for my kid’s school to raise money, and you barely have to do a thing. Also, if you tell me you did it, I promise I will never hit you up for fund raising ever, ever, ever again in the future. (Except grandparents and Aunt Lisa; y’all are locked in for the next fourteen years of fund raising crap.)
Basically, if you are a Georgia Natural Gas customer, they will donate five dollars a month to my kid’s school if you link your account number to that school. That’s a donation of sixty dollars a year. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO THE WEBSITE AND TYPE IN YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER. You can do this in the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, if that.
I will even give you the link. All you have to do is click. Easy peasy.
And of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that you can donate to your own local school. If funding helps schools, and school improvement helps property values, then it seems to be a no-brainer.
Thanks!
Dogwood Girl
p.s. Evansdale Elementary. Dekalb County.