Amyelia

So I’ve come to realise that both my boyfriend and my brother are obsessed with becoming guitar gods. I’m either hearing the strains of a Pumpkins’ song through my own amp, or the opening riff to Welcome Home (Sanitarium) through Skype, constantly. Fun times? Quite, actually. I think I’ll have to settle for the fact that I’m probably never going to reach the level of either James or Eman – but lucky me, I can still listen to them engage in their wankery!

Anyway, today we (Mish, Sintu, Aidan, David, Alex and, of course, me) finally went through with our Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea event. I’m not going to lie and say everything went perfectly and according to plan – just the opposite in fact. Three of us were running late, me included, and then we had a little trouble with where to set up and we were lacking a working extension cord for the urn and stereo. We were expecting to have limited sales really, considering our disorganised and dishevelled beginnings. However, it actually turned out alright in the end. We had a substantial number of very nice people donate and indulge in our offerings of jam-and-butter scones, tea, coffee and milo. At the end of our seemingly long hour of setting up shop, we packed up and counted our earnings. We had ninety-two dollars worth in gold coins alone! I think in total we made something like $150-160, which is a fair effort considering we didn’t even give out 150 scones, which was our initial plan, and didn’t even expect many people to turn up to our table. It’s nice to see so many people know how to support a good cause when they see one. Cancer isn’t something to take lightly – I, of all people, know that. I am always behind supporting the research for a cure for cancer because I’ve been affected by it personally. But actually, I’m glad that I’m not someone who has to run these kinds of things on a regular basis. I’d rather donate and participate than organise.

Well, I’m glad all went well despite everything. Time to write the report now!

-Amyelia