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July 26, 2007 by Patsy

Occupied

I’ve been busy all day, running from one thing to another. One of the bright spots in my day was lunch with Ray. He and I serve on a board together and we’ve never gotten much of a chance to really chat. He’s funny, and that’s always delightful to be around. It was a great way to spend an hour. And, we didn’t say a word about the board we’re both on, which is nice – it means we had plenty of other things to talk about.

Early this morning I baked brownies to take to the mechanics who did me such a big favor last week. I had hoped to get it done before now, but that just didn’t happen. I dropped them off this afternoon and also popped in to Diana’s.

Diana is closing her store, The Dancing Grouse. She decided a few weeks ago and is selling what’s left. I bought a folding screen to go in my downstairs sun porch. I was just thinking a few days ago that I needed one and she had one for sale, so it all worked out.

I’m looking forward to a really fun weekend. I’ll be seeing a friend I haven’t gotten to see in a long time. We have a lot of catching up to do. We have a lot of shared history and that’s always good. And he’s one of those friends like I wrote about a few weeks ago. Hopefully we’ll have a chance to really reconnect.

There’s a lot of uncertainty in my work life at the moment. Running a non profit basically means you’re a professional fundraiser. The only problem with that is that I don’t want to be a professional fundraiser. If I’m going to be a professional fundraiser I might as well go to work for someone doing that and make a whole lot more money.

There are forces at work beyond my control and I have to jump through some hoops in the next couple of months that I hope I can successfully negotiate. It seems there’s always something to be worrying about and it always seems to involve funding. I just don’t care for that at all.

I want to do the actual work of my organization, but you have to do the fundraising piece in order to be able to do that. The balance is the trick – how much fundraising versus how much actual work you’re doing. It’s a continual struggle and I’m about to get worn out. I just don’t do “worry” well, and it seems a necessity in this line of work.

It’s time for me to be making my living writing.

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Epitaphs for Patsy

In a document she left behind for a good friend, Patsy listed five possible epitaphs that could be used at the time of her passing.

  • ‘Lived Fully. Laughed Loudly. Gave generously. Gone.’
  • ‘Lived, Laughed and Loved. Continuing that elsewhere.’
  • ‘Lived fully every day. No regrets now.’
  • ‘The journey continues It has been magical.’
  • ‘A magical journey so far no regrets.’

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