Day Thirty-nine

June 17, 2010

Well today is the last official day of the walk! 39 days! The last couple weeks went faster then the first couple. I didn’t quite get in 400 miles, but I will finish by end of the month.

I feel like I should have some sort of meaningful wrap up, but right now I have too much to do to think very heavily. I will say I’m glad I did this, I feel like I want to exercise now, when for so many years I didn’t. I can feel my body asking for a yoga class to stretch and I want to take some dance classes, and I want to go swimming, etc.

There are a few reasons I’m glad this phase is over. I don’t like walking through the Chahuenga Pass into Hollywood, it’s frightening in a bad way. I’ll be glad to not have to walk my groceries back home, and I’ll be glad to drive to the laundromat. Also, I’m really looking forward to having a little bit of time back to do other things like to talk to and see my friends!

I’m going out of town tomorrow and I fly back Tuesday. Next week I’ll have more info about whats next. I have some new goals now and I need to figure out how to really raise money, so this was just the first step. I have some fun ideas for interesting ways to interact with you all more! I’m really excited about whats to come

I need to say few thank yous! First thank you to all my friends who have been amazingly supportive! I have appreciated the comments, the phone calls and all your encouragement. Thank you to Sam and Jason for helping me write the Press Release. Thank you to Margaret for doing my laundry. Thank you to Art for daily texts of support and inspiration. Thank you to Scott and Emily for giving me a place to sleep in Venice! And of course thank you to everyone who has donated and thank you to everyone who has helped spread the word about what I’ve been doing!

Finally here are a few pictures from my walk around work. It’s an interesting area that has Burbank Water and Power, Burbank firefighter training station, and a really nice park.