Today is a joyous day around DealTaker and for me personally.  Two weeks ago, we set a goal of $5,000 to raise for the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer that is in Los Angeles September 12-13, 2009.  We reached that goal, and then some, on the backs of several contributors in the last eight hours.  Thank you to the following:

Amy Africa – Eight by Eight Marketing and Qlog

Ben Cooper – ThinkCash

Kambrea Pratt – DealTaker member

Ross-Simons- DealTaker merchant

Bryan Head – Friend of DealTaker

Kristen Mitchell – DealTaker member

On the training front, things are good.  I did ten mile each of the last two days as planned (making it 28 miles in four days).  I also started breaking in the new shoes yesterday – already a few blisters, but now I know where to focus on fixing it.  Tomorrow and Sunday will be 11 miles – straight through – each day.  I am less concerned with the physical and more concerned with the mental aspect of going 2:45 straight.

On top of that, we have been very busy this week.  I would be remiss if I did not mention the newest product coming out from the DealTaker franchise – NewatNoon – it will be a fun daily product website with lots of user interaction – check it out.

Miriah tagged me, so I am following suit with lots of stuff with this little survey!

8 things I am looking forward to:
Getting to see Kit again, moving in to Tower Park, summer session one ending, the return of nice cool weather, seeing the Essmans and their new arrival Miss Bea in August, my cramps going away, the obnoxious drunks in the pool going to bed, clean laundry

8 things I did yesterday:
Went to school, wore shockingly dull clothing, made lots and lots of runs around the Engineering Quadrant, went to Spanish lab and saw the adorable Sr. Pedro, took a long nap, ordered some sale things from AE, did the dishes, cuddled with my kitty.

8 things I wish I could do:
Fit into my skinny jeans (I actually used to be really thin- then Chikfila everyday freshman year caught up with me), see Kit everyday, go up and down stairs without looking like an out of shape dweeb, make my farmer’s tan disappear, go to Albuquerque right this instant, tear myself away from the trashy shows on MTV, buy more brownie bites from Albertson’s, and go to the water balloon fight Abby is having in Academic Plaza tonight

8 shows we watch: The Office, Paris Hilton’s New BFF (God, I know, I should ashamed of myself), Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Wife Swap, The Big Bang Theory, The Venture Brothers (on dvd only, pretty much), Futurama

8 Favorite books and movies:
BOOKS: Harry Potter, East of Eden, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Scarlet Letter, Terry Pratchett, All Is Quiet on the Western Front ( I don’t know why this is my all time favorite, but I read this in 6th grade and loved it ever since), The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, the Shopaholic series. MOVIES: French Kiss, Dead Man, Lawrence of Arabia, Love Actually, The Electric Horseman, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Mummy, Chocolat

8 Places to travel:
Peru, Alaska, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Germany, Costa Rica, China

8 Places I have lived:
There are really only three : Houston, TX, Angleton, TX, and College Station, TX

8 People who should play along (even if you don’t have a blog, just post in the comments!)
Tiffany, Karen, Karina, Mom, Kit, Brooke, Ben, Meghan