September 15, 2000 12:25 AM EST

Very tired, and heading to bed. But hoooooraaaaaaay! Thursday, this week, was a good, good day for all kinds of reasons.

The permit came through for the fence, at long last, and they are coming to install it Wednesday. I got mail from all sorts of friends. The weather was nice. My BIL and SIL are both ok for Oct. 7th, so we can have what my Dad is calling the "Launchpad Party," Oct. 7th, to launch Paul and Greg's rockets. BBQ, sit in the wading pool, and have family birthday-ness for me, Greg, and Angie -- the September Birthday People.

Pina Colada! Potato Salad! Veggie burgers!

And the best part? I actually got a report from NF! It's been a month since the last one and it was making me neurotic! How am I doing? Well, I updated the pledge page and thanks to this sheet's news I'm up to $720. Just $280 more to hit my minimum and secure my number!

What a relief that will be. Then I can help Adrith secure hers and once we do that, we can go for bonus fundraising to help NF some more without having this pressure we've got now!

~Astrophe