$2033. First round success!! and small coffee failure.

Yes! YES!

So much relief. Beat the deadline $2033 before the March 21^st/ $2000 mark. Much thanks again to everyone who has given. Wow.

Final totals on the change counting from neighborhood panic attack: $149. Wow again. I live in a pretty great neighborhood. Thanks!

Mr. and Mrs. Moses. Thanks for generosity always: home cooked dinners, astronauts, abundant entertainment, aussie bites, hair straigheners, and grad schools advice ( “Don’t be a doink”). Thanks so much for your donation. You guys are fantastic.

Za, well aware that she is actually the best. And you are. Well done.

Za’s Mom and Dad (Pattie and Willie G) Thanks so so much. I love you and the farm and will be back to sit in your kitchen. Za told me you are helping me out even more, I can’t thank you enough.

Mom and Dad. Thanks for donating, even when you don’t know you are. Ha. Just kidding… sort of.

Rizwan. Good Job. Timely + extra. Youre awesome.

Cathy and John. Thanks neighbors!! Act like neighbors even when you aren’t neighbors. Thanks so much!

Uncle P and Aunt Martha. Thanks so much. Even after reading my obnoxiously sarcastic letter. I really appreciate it. Thanks again. Family = love.

More thanks to Alan. Awesome bike advice and potential gear borrowing! Thanks thanks!

Ok confession. It is my birthday, so I bought a coffee—a fancy one. I thought after abstaining I would perhaps find it gross or not care for it as much. nope. It was delicious.

Many dogs and lots of quarters.

Thanks Susan!! I am pretty sure we have met on two occasions. Really that makes you that much more awesome. Thanks so much.

Cat. I love you. I have already mentioned this before, but you are great.

Darren. Thanks again. Sorry for confusing you with flattery. Also thank you for not letting me burn down the house. It is much appreciated.

Barbara/ entire Williams clan. Thanks so much. I miss you and Rolling Green and Willy.

The deadline is approaching near, so I may have started getting a little anxious about the whole matter. So tonight I put on my bike gear, covered an oatmeal container with a bike and build brochure and went out knocking on possibly ever door in the neighborhood. So amazing !! Some people were so incredibly generous. I got two checks, a number of bills and lots and lots of change, 2 nails, 3 screws, and a tack. I haven’t counted it out yet, but the whole event was pretty awesome.

So I personally get to thank those who straight up wrote me checks even when I was asking for change:
Thuon, you and all roommates plus 6 (possibly 7?) dogs are really amazing and funny. Thanks!
Adriana and housemates—thanks for inviting me in, for the water, for great conversation and for your amazing generosity. You guys are great.

Also this one lady gave me her quarter collection. Wow, state quarter collection. Not even kidding. And some people didn’t even really wait for me to explain what I was doing. I got through “Hi, I am raising money for Bike and Build…” and they would bolt upstairs and bring down their change jar
and dump it in. I mean I was really really impressed.

Here is yet un-fixed hover disk. Also a goal.

$1300 Well Done; and Additional Indecision

my only shot of Tucson. And now that it is in picture form, admittantly not that exciting. But pleasant nonetheless.

Thanks to the Devlin family. I have been trying to usurp Bridget’s place for a long time now. I love you all.

Uncle Mike and Aunt Jane, many many thanks. I promise to make more family correspondence that doesn’t have to do with money or Amy’s boyfriends. Promise.

Alan and Trish!! Thank thanks so very much! You guys are great! Alan, I am writing soon to ask for biking tips.

Olivia, thanks so much. It means a lot, especially when you don’t even know a person. Really appreciate it.


I have reached $1300. I need $2000 by March 21st. It will be close, but I have got to make it work.

I haven’t been updating because I haven’t been biking. It seemed wrong. I am on a little graduate school tour. I am currently in a hotel in Pasadena visiting Caltech. Just before this, Tucson for U of Arizona, and weekend or two before that U of Washington.
My final visit is U of Minnesota and then that is that, and I will have to decide. Umm. Not sure as of now. Pretty serious indecision at the moment.