Book Win, Volunteer Thanks, New Friend, Invitation
I woke up this morning to two very nice e-mails. The first said that I was a winner of a book in an Amazon Giveaways contest. The second e-mail was from a spay-neuter organization I volunteer with. It said that my work had great results in the community, thanked me, and cheered me on! It has been rare that I have ever been appreciated personally for volunteer work with past organizations. I currently volunteer for two animal organizations and I feel both do a good job of commending their volunteers! Today D and I went to IHOP for lunch, and ended up speaking to a wonderful older lady from Boston, who lives here now. She had just adopted a puppy and showed us pictures. We ended up inviting her to sit with us, and found ourselves talking for over 2 hours. We gave her our information so we could keep in touch and perhaps have coffee in the future. It’s so nice to meet new friends unexpectedly like that! D and I also got an invitation for Thursday to see a m