It's On!

Saturday night I was chillin' by the pool enjoying a nice GNO (Girl's Night Out) when, all of a sudden, I got a very interesting text. It was from a number that wasn't stored in my phone & it was clearly from a mathematician because it went a little like this: 

"So you need 18k in let's say 45 days. That is $400 a day or $2800 a week or just $16.66 an hour.". 

My brain went kinda like this: 

"Oh Crappy McCrapperson. Please tell me this person's math isn't right! $400 a day! $2800 a week!! There is no legal way we're doin' that!...Awww. That's cute how they said 'just' $16.66 an hour. AN HOUR. For the next 45 DAYS!! JUST!? What is wrong with you, Mystery Texter?".  

I immediately started racking my brain for someone who I've never texted who is good at math and is slightly overly optimistic.  Couldn't come up with anyone. So I sent the "Who is this?" text. Well, after the big reveal, I was given a challenge. It's pretty exciting, and now I'm gonna share it with YOU. And you are surely gonna be a dear and help us meet it, right? I mean, it's all about getting a little boy home who's been waiting on us for TWO AND A HALF YEARS! Why wouldn't you wanna help make that happen?

So, here it is. Mystery Texter made this promise. If we, the very desperate Long's, can raise $2000 for our adoption by midnight THIS Friday night, she will single handedly donate $1000. That's a nice little start to this fundraising...and will, according to the mathelicious mystery texter, put us 60 hours ahead of schedule. Lemme tell ya something. In the adoption world, the term "ahead of schedule" isn't something you hear much, so I liked the sound of that. And I am most definitely the most competitive person you'll ever meet, so using the word "challenge" was all that was really necessary to make me start begging like crazy. I'm shameless when it comes to winning and adopting. I hate asking for money, but for these two things I will lay all dignity aside and plead on hands and knees for you to send $1, $50, $100...ANYTHING! And then turn to the person beside you and tell them that they should send something too. Because we will win this, right?  We need lots of people to give a little. Or a few people to give a lot. See. I got math skillz. 

Let's all put our hands in the circle and say "two grand!" on three. Ready? Let's go team Raise-A-Lot!!
:: Heather ::