AIDSWalk

[wook77]

Did the AIDSWalk this morning. 5k and I was sort of sad to be done, I really could've kept going much much farther. My sister has a few back issues and she did really well on the walk, as well. Her back didn't act up until well after the halfway point.

I brought my dog, Cisco, along for the walk. I didn't have high hopes for the beginning because, let's face it, he's a small black dog that people kept stepping on. They were fairly rude and inconsiderate. You step on something, you apologise, I don't care if it's a human foot or a dog's tail.

But, once the thousands and thousands of people thinned out, it was much more fun because Cisco just trotted along. He was filmed by every cameraguy out there. He's cute, he's smiley and he was wearing an AIDSWalk bandanna around him.

He also pooped right in front of the "face" of the event. Oh yeah, my dog has perfect timing. I had to elbow the guy to get him to not step in it. Thanks, Cisco. It doesn't help that this guy modeled with Cisco at the fashion show that work puts on, so he totally knew Cisco and me. Le sigh.

There were some really beautiful sections of the quilt that I took some photos of. There was also a very sweet gay couple in front of me walking in honor of a friend they lost to AIDS. There were loads of dogs, too. Every one of them were well behaved except for mine who pooped twice and peed on everything.

Anyway - just in case you wanted to donate to the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation -

Thanks to everyone who donated so far - Anonymous, quarterturn, auntee_mame, secretsolitaire and hrafb.

ETA: Take two of gratitude :D - anasuede, lurkitty and kaalee - you all are made of awesome win!!! Thank you!

Comments

[secretsolitaire.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Glad the walk went well. Sounds like your dog stole the show. ;-)

[kerryblaze.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Thank you for putting in the time for a great cause. And Cisco FTW! *pets him*

[kaalee.livejournal.com]

♥

[wearethestars.livejournal.com]

You are awesome, you know that?

[wook77.livejournal.com]

*loves* Thank you thank you thank you! You are made of win!!!

And yes, Cisco was really the hit. He's going blind so we've taken to having all the dogs wear lots of tags (like their licenses and such) and so they all jingle so Cisco knows where they're at. So, he was jingling the whole time and people kept looking around to see who was jingling and it was brilliant! I ended up pimping work and how it's all about the animals and stuffs. He was really a good will ambassador!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

*loves liekwhoa*

It was a brilliant time to go there, to be honest. I think I might've gotten more out of it, to be honest. It took me about 45 minutes to do the walk which made me really really happy as I'm so out of shape. Cisco really is made of win!!!! He totally got a "I did it!" sticker at the end too! He was so happy and grinning the whole time except for the creepy loud echo-y underpass. I ended up getting a teasing email about him pooping right in front of the "face" guy. He asked me if Cisco was going to poop at the fashion show next year... I don't think I'll ever live this down.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

*LOVESLIEKWHOA*

THANK YOU!!!!! HEEE!!!!

[wook77.livejournal.com]

ILU!

*blushes* I'm really not that awesome, I sort of got a lot out of this, too. Seriously awesome time and walk and event. The squee-factor is awesome, let me tell you. I'm just feeling very accomplished that I did that walk with barely a sweat broken. Plus - I got to help a good cause and meet cute couples and talk about my dog and see him on the news! So, really, I sort of got paid to do this, really :D.

Also - thank you thank you thank you!!!

[wearethestars.livejournal.com]

I still think you're awesome. Not enough people do stuff for others... especially for AIDS. So, it's amazing and YOU are amazing.

♥!! You are so welcome.

[longleggedgit.livejournal.com]

I will donate as soon as I get my paycheck! :) Good for you. I did the AIDS Walk in Minneapolis this year as well. My flist helped me raise so much money!

[hrafb.livejournal.com]

Congrats to the three of you. Especially the little guy :D