I finally ventured out of the house today to go to a fund raising thing that I’ve been in support of for months (collecting money for the Truck mess). After advocating so strongly that we needed to do the fund raising, I felt like I should turn up yes? So I packed a chair and my heat pack and went off to spend my saturday morning at the park watching other people play boules, as I totally wasn’t up to it with my back being the way it has been.
There was a pretty good turn out – as expected all the usual suspects were there, but I was quite surprised (and disappointed) that the people who were to be the beneficiaries of the fund raising weren’t there. Now I think f it were me, this would have been a perfect opportunity to be there to express their thanks towards the community who (all along) have said they wanted to help and here they are putting their money where their mouths are…. but no, for some reason (which none present seemed to be aware of), they weren’t. Again it were me, I think I would have been there with bells on, thankful for the support of my friends and I can’t think of any reason why I wouldn’t be there to join in the fun.
Anyway, after sitting there for about an hour in pain and not being prone to a charitable mindset when addlepated with back pain – I eventually thought, if they aren’t prepared to spend their Saturday to be a part of the Fun Fund Raising thing, then fucked if I was going to sit there in pain when I should be at home.
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