September was a big month for crossing things off the ol’ 30 before 30 list. In addition to visiting another NEW country (Croatia!!!!) and getting one month closer to my goal of skiing 30 consecutive months (to be completed, barring injury or a weather catastrophe [*knock on wood*] in April 2014), I also achieved the goal of “Stepping Completely Out of My Comfort Zone”.
But Kristina, you are crazy adventurous! How do you even HAVE a comfort zone???
Well my friends, I do have one, and apparently you can find it by putting me on the auction block.
When my friend Matty (you remember Matty from my trip to Chicago) first asked me to be involved in the BEAN Bachelor & Bachelorette Auction, I thought, “sure, that sounds like fun, there’s definitely worse ways to meet people when you are single.” Then we got into the nitty-gritty. Not only did I have to figure out what to do for my date, but I had to get it donated (or pay out of pocket), write a tantalizing tantalizing description of by myself AND my date, and then advertise the hell out of all of it.
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| The Trouble Makers |
You’d think this would be easy for me. I like writing, I certainly do enough of it here. I seemingly have no issue talking about myself. But for some reason this was different. The writing they requested was just a little…..over-the-top-self-indulgent for me. Here’s a taste:
When my time came to take the stage I definitely made a memorable appearance. Okay, I *might* have yelled at the audience a little…. What? The sound system unfortunately was not up-to-snuff and you could hardly hear the auctioneers/auctionees! So….I may have told people to be quiet. FOR THE CHILDREN! (BEAN raises money for college scholarships for under-privileged high-school students).
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| Ladieeeeeeeeeees |
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| Go Sounders! |
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| Thanks to all of my amazing friends who came – including Theresa and Hexar! |
