I'm Sooooo Pyched!!
YEA!!! My first grant that I was really responsible for researching writing, and submitting came through! It's an amazing feeling. I often feel as though I am in over my head here at the Development Office because I came in with very little knowledge of grantwriting or even any type of administrative skill. But I actually accomplished something. I also get to leave my mark on the agency in a small way. This grant allows each child with developmental disabilities at one of our DC schools to have ten books of his or her own.....that's over 1,000 free books. These kids live in extreme poverty and many are foster children. Most cannot read well and have no books of their own. I am so excited to have been a part of this. I must put in a plug for First Book too. They are a beautiful organization that supplies disadvantaged kids all over the country with books.....and supporting them is not only free, it's EASY. There is a website called www.theliteracy site.com. If you click on the link, the site's sponsors will donate a certain amount for every click. You can reclick every day. This site also links to other worthwhile sites, such as the Hunger Site (www.hungersite.com), which provides food for starving children for every click. There is also a rainforest site, a shelter animals site, a free mammograms for poor women site, and a health care for poor children site. The clicking takes five minutes tops, and I know personally that at least one of these organizations has made a huge difference in the lives of some very deserving children. Anyway, off my soapbox....I just feel very good about this grant and wanted to share the joy with my friends far away.
In other news, I feel like a bit of an asshole for picking a dumb fight with Daniel yesterday. I made him cry.....I'm such a jerk. To be fair, I cried too but still. I guess I must simply get used to the fact that he does not have as much time and energy and resources to move the relationship forward as fast as I would like. (I've given up on living together for the rest of the year, but I was pushing to get some time with him every other day). That we love each other is more important...I must learn not to be so clingy or I could scare him away. though the fact that he's still here means that this scare away thing is looking less and less likely. *looks awestruck*. Anyway, I just had to pass on my first real success at work and update for the last few days. I hope that everything goes better for everyone I care about.
In other news, I feel like a bit of an asshole for picking a dumb fight with Daniel yesterday. I made him cry.....I'm such a jerk. To be fair, I cried too but still. I guess I must simply get used to the fact that he does not have as much time and energy and resources to move the relationship forward as fast as I would like. (I've given up on living together for the rest of the year, but I was pushing to get some time with him every other day). That we love each other is more important...I must learn not to be so clingy or I could scare him away. though the fact that he's still here means that this scare away thing is looking less and less likely. *looks awestruck*. Anyway, I just had to pass on my first real success at work and update for the last few days. I hope that everything goes better for everyone I care about.