Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I’m not usually at a loss for words but I just don’t know what to say.
I don’t know what I expected to happen today but this was not it.
$1,079.55
The original total cost of my entire trip was $1,075.00. Seriously. Are you kidding me? [PS - It's Andre "champagne." $4. Please, we're on a budget here. Stew bought it.]
In December I put down a $500 deposit to hold my spot. Unfortunately, the funds were somehow misallocated at the university and were instead put towards my tuition, unbeknownst to me. For three months I lived (and budgeted) assuming I had just half the cost left to pay. It wasn’t until last Friday that I learned I still owed all $1100 (and that higher-than-expected airfare had upped it to $1200). I panicked, decided without a doubt that I would back out and went to bed trying to figure out how I’d tell my professor that I just couldn’t go anymore.
Instead, I shot out of bed at 3am on Saturday and started planning the bake sale.
I can’t thank you all enough for your support–be it a baked good, craft, bid or spreading the word. I am in a state of shock. Maybe I’ll be able to form coherent sentences tomorrow.
For now, just thank you. I’ve got my malaria pills, typhoid pills, diarrhea pills and a sore arm from a hepatitis shot. It’s so on.
not kidding, this was one of the world’s best ideas. Congrats, girl- you earned it.
Congratulations girl!!! Awesome job! I felt guilty earlier because we are saving money (for nothing as extravagant as a trip to Nicaraugua – yes, I know that it’s not vacation but I’m one of those people who would have fun doing the hard labor in a new environment, interacting with locals, learning about the culture, etc.) Anyway, I digress…we are saving money for boring crap like medical bills, but now that I see you reached your goal, I can breathe a sigh of relief!
Many congratulations!
It’s great to see that so many other people think you’re as awesome as I do.
You can do anything good!
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Glorious day!! In complete awe of you.
Congrats girl! Love ya! xo
I am SO excited for you!! this is a great day!
Friends and lots of them!
Yay!! Happy for you!!
It’s amazing how close the amount is to your goal. That’s awesome.
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Katie – I am SO happy that everything worked out and that you will be able to go to Nicaragua…now I can’t wait to read all about it!
Also: please take that “extra” $4.55 and buy yourself another blottle of Andre. You deserve it. And more.
yay!! congrats girl, so excited for your trip!