Just Keep Swimming: Day 11 & a bit about me

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Day 11 & a bit about me

Another early morning swim today. I'm looking forward to having a lie-in tomorrow!

I only did 50. This was partly because I was running late (read: didn't want to get out of bed), and partly because my swimming costume was too big and I had regular wardrobe malfunctions. So I'm about to order some new costumes and then I'll have no excuse!

Please sponsor me. I still have another £430 to raise. Thank you :-)

860 down, 8400 to go.

Thank you to Kirsty (who the video is for, as she told me when she sponsored me this morning to 'just keep swimming' like Dory), David and Alastair (Hugh's sister, brother-in-law and nephew) for sponsoring me just now. I'm over £500 :-)

I thought that maybe, as I don't have much else to say, I should write a bit about me. I'm a girl-Alex. I'm currently home from university where I study Human Biology and Law. I'm spending my summer working (I'm a lifeguard (means that I don't have to pay to swim everyday- could be expensive!) and a bartender). If I didn't, I would spend my summer sleeping, baking and swimming, so I'm working for the sake of my family's (and Hugh's) waistlines.
So why TAG? When I decided to do this swim I wanted to do it for a charity that had something to do with people I care about. I considered a variety of options, but The Arthrogryposis Group always stood out. Hugh is affected by Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita and TAG have helped him, so I want to help them in return, especially as they aren't very well known.
Hugh and I have been together for so long that thinking about it makes me feel old.
During the holidays I live with my Mummy, Daddy and my ickle sister. We also have two cats who know that their ancestors were worshipped by the Egyptians, and so think that we should worship them too. They are spoilt rotten. There are also 4 chickens in the garden, but I don't take much of an interest with the outdoors.
I don't know what I want to be when I ~~grow up~~ graduate- I'm not sure I'll ever grow up. Thus the strange degree. It's keeping my options open. My life plan varies depending on which lecture I enjoyed the most that week. At the moment I want to be a geneticist; before Christmas I wanted to be a human rights lawyer.
I also make the best brownies in the world (according to Hugh. He may be biased). It's actually my Mum's recipe, I've just adapted it slightly, and now I make them to bribe people with (for example: I'll be selling them for 50p a pop at my lifeguard-work and various other places. I've told the people (especially the boys) that they can't have any over the entire summer unless they've sponsored me.

Anyway, I'm bored of talking about me now. I'm going to have a nap before I go back to my pub-work.

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Thank you to:

Sponsors:

Akash, Mercy, Tom, The Breezes, Bat & Steve, Carli, Anna, Zerelda, Katie, My Mum and Dad, Angharad, Jen & Justin, The Crisp Family, Harry, Rusty, Hazel, Jackie, Hugh, Ursula, Sam, The Bedford family, The Banks family, Granma and Grandad, The Westoby Family, Chris, Catherine, Christian, Anna, Danny, Will, Chris, Jenn, Roz, The drunk lady at the pub, Michael, Joe, Alice, Todd, Christian (again. He wanted more brownies), The Wright Family, Ursie again :-), Aiden, Lianne, The people of BSEAODS, The people at the Spread Eagle, The people at Abbeycroft Leisure, Bury St Edmunds, Ross, Rui & his brothers, Tahi, My Granda Peter and Marion, The Clark family, Ray, Maddy, Glasswells, Jill and Barry, Lloyd, Abi, Hannah, The Limmer Family, Cat, Ian and Jack, Jordan, Tim, Tom (again, because he thought that donating by text looked like fun!), Denny Bros, Neil, The people at the Rose and Crown, the people at Eric's Prime Cuts, The JustGivingTeam, Jackie, Megan, Ruth, Linda, Mark, British Sugar, the Gentleman I used to swim with.

Other help:

Kath and Jacqui from TAG, Jo & Tudor at the EADT, Hugh, Carli, Mum and Dad for putting up with all of my swimming talk & giving me lots of ideas (and Hugh's also made lots of phone calls for me and taken lots of pictures and made me a poster and agreed to do lots of favours, so thank you a lot :-) ). My Dad's also taken me to places he frequents (the pub and the butchers) so I can ask them to put a collecting tin on their counter/bar. Clare and Tracy who have let me put a collecting box, poster and business cards on reception at the leisure centre. Hazel who let me do the same on the bar at the Spread Eagle, and Liz at the Rose and Crown, and Jim and James at Eric's. Carli who made lots of brownies for me and then sold them, and who's also took some pictures of me and given out business cards :-) . Neil and Ant at the Spread Eagle who gave me the kick up the bum to ask all of the patrons for sponsorship. Ursie, who's been getting all of her friends (many of whom have never met me) to donate, and Carli (what would I do without my sister??) who's been doing the same, especially with BSEAODS. And also to all of the lovely people who don't know me and who haven't heard of Arthrogryposis, but still gave a few quid, and an extra special thank you to the woman who had never met me before but who gave me £20 at the pub today (18/6/11), because she didn't have anything smaller. Bat who bought me some more business cards and is just generally a wonderful godmother :-) Jackie who gave me the idea for a scrapbook. I'd never thought about it, but I think I'll appreciate it in the years to come. Jill for letting me film in a training session, Hugh, Amy, Lloyd, Chris, Jordan, Jack and David for being in my video, and Ursie for filming it. Tal at JustGiving for putting me in their blog, the judges of the JustTextGiving competition who gave me a runners-up prize, Hugh and Ursula especially, but everyone who was involved in my surprise video, party etc. (Mum, Dad, Carli, Hugh, Granma, Grandad, Ursula, Polly, Steve, Diana, Kian, Christian, Joe, Hannah, Carl, Josh, Lewis, Aiden, Hannah, Jordan, Hazel, Veronica, Jackie, Alice, chris, Tim, Tim, Tom, Chloe, George, Alison, Lloyd, Rui, Jess, Katie, Paul, Molly, George, Oscar). Everyone who was in the surprise video (Diana; My sister Carli; Poppy; the Lovely Steve; Carli; Ursula; Ian and Veronica; Hazel; Mark; Leah-cat; My Daddy Martin; My Mummy Judie; Ruth; Hugh's parents, Jill and Barry; Hugh's sister Kirsty, brother-in-law David and nephew Alistair; Chloe, Tom, Pete and Julie Bellotti; Christian; The Bury Bombers; Carl; Josh; Luke; Cat, Megan and Josh; Hugh.)

Jordy, Tim, Carli and George who joined in on my last swim.

Hugh and Ursula get a special thanks. They organised my surprise party, got a lot of people to come and watch me swim, got the Bury Free Press involved, got me a special lane in the pool and made me a surprise video. I love them both lots :-)

And also to everyone who has 'liked' my justgiving page, tweeted and facebooked about what I'm doing, shared my video, and generally helped to spread the word :-)

I'm sure there are lots of people I've forgotten. So I'm sorry if you're one of them (I also can't thank specific people who have given me money in the collecting tins as I don't know who you are). But this doesn't mean you're not appreciated. This list is expanding as I remember people. Thank you so much everyone. The response has been overwhelming.

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Tuesday, 14 June 2011

Day 11 & a bit about me

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