Feb 27 2009
Good-bye to Palm Trees
It’s just past 7 in the morning, and I am once again blogging from an airport. The drive here was gorgeous as the sun came up, all palm trees in the rosy mist. I’ve had a warm, relaxing, productive time in Florida, and now it’s time to go home.
I didn’t fulfill my dream of seeing an alligator, but this morning I saw a shape in a pond that very well could have been one. I’ll take what I can get, I suppose. The funny is that alligators scare me — but if I could have seen a wild one while I was here, it would have made me very happy.
On Monday I embark on a whole new adventure, one which scares me as much or more than alligators: phone calling. Soli Deo Gloria Ballet is hosting a major event in the Niagara area in May, and we need local businesses to sponsor it. So I, who dread and avoid phone calls above all things, have set myself a goal of making 100 phone calls to total strangers in a single week.
Pray for me :).
Ooh. I can sympathise about the calling strangers. I hated it. Still don’t like it. But my first job required me to answer phone calls and respond to them. Not fun. But I grew from it. I hope your calling goes well!
Hmm … perhaps there’s a connection between writing and hating making ‘phone calls. I’ll do a LOT to avoid making a ‘phone call! :) I hope your hundred ‘phone calls go easily and smoothly and nicely!