You might not think so, but after yesterday’s tumultuous set of emotions, I’m actually having a pretty difficult Thursday in terms of keeping things all buttoned up. Yesterday went from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs, and all the way back to, “Well, okay, now you’ve got to make a real run of it. So how do we do this thing, anyway?”
It’s a real grind to fundraise, even when you’ve been absolutely blessed by an anonymous benefactor. With my car…under-performing…We’re still up against a bit of a wall.
I’m also still struggling to find my voice in terms of plain old writing more. I’ve got a friend who has me considering starting a podcast, too, so that’s rattling around in my brain as well.
Long story long, it’s a good day to have a therapist to help me sort out the disparate threads of thought bouncing off each other like bumper cars, and yes, it’s time for the daily reminder that we are still fundraising here at TMR.
Being at $2,350 on the GoFundMe is awesome, and at the same time, we’ve got $1,150 to go there in terms of more fundraising to cover accommodations and gas up, there and down, and thirteen days to get as close as we can to that mark.
We also have the server paid off and the internet bill paid, but there are pre-trip expenses (ye olde grocery shopping + dry cleaning) that will gobble up the “couple hundred” in the Venmo account, and the Paypal account has to be kept at or around that $150 mark in case we deal with some unexpected expenses.
So that’s where we’re at, and where we’re going, hopefully, is to Traverse City on the 12th of September. You’ve all been wonderful and I am incredibly grateful for your kindness and readership, but the journey is far from over.
If you can lend a hand with our overall expenses, we have an old-fashioned GoFundMe here https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-george-annie-attend-prospect-tournament, you can use PayPal at https://paypal.me/TheMalikReport, Venmo at https://venmo.com/george-malik-2, Giftly by using my email, rtxg@yahoo.com, at https://www.giftly.com. And you can contact me via email if you want to send me a paper check. I’m also on Cash App under “georgeums.”
