Reflections and Recovery...

Hoo, doggie, am I one hurtin' puppy this morning. I've got bruises on top of bruises, scrapes on top of contusions, and muscles that are screaming out for Ben Gay. As usual, I didn't pay any attention to the limitations of age and/or decorum, and wrote all kinds of checks my poor decrepit body couldn't cash at the fundraiser yesterday.

Who knew it would take two guys to lift a 36" Sony Trinitron?

Well, at least there are three positive things to come of yesterday's fundraiser:

1. I remembered to lift with my knees, not my back, so at least that's not sore today;
2. I managed to find a new battery for my cell phone in the big box 'o' donated phones; and
3. We raised a lot of money for our Pack.

I witnessed both ends of the human spectrum yesterday. On the one hand, we had the gentleman who showed up with a pick-up truck filled with computer monitors, TVs, and other electronics - he had seen the notice and asked around his work for donated items. He wound up writing us a check for over $200 - which was double the recycling cost of the items he brought - because he'd been a Scout and wanted to continue supporting the Scouts.

On the other hand, we had a woman argue with us for five minutes because she thought we were paying for electronics. Apparently this silly bint doesn't understand the concept of fundraiser - how, praytell, were we going to "RAISE FUNDS" by spending money? A cursory examination would reveal that for us to pay for electronics and still make money would be a pretty amazing feat unto itself. And I won't even get into the people that thought it was a "help yourself" electronics fair...

And once the fundraiser was over, I went to my buddy's place to help him with his daughter's fishing party - nothing like going from slinging heavy electronics all morning to baiting hooks for over eager 8 year olds... I'm feeling it today, but at the very least today's an easy day. Just a First Communion for my goddaughter and then fighting with the idiots at Verizon (yeah, I told them I needed a battery for my cell phone and they had me order a replacement phone - which comes without a battery...)

And, of course, it's pouring today and not yesterday - someone missed the memo about my luck...

That is all.