Two

Nails did!

We got our mani/pedi on Monday, so now they are all smooth and ready for paint. We're in the phase of the process where I'm making sure everything is prepped and ready to go. I'm getting emails from the hotels and car companies about my 'upcoming trip'.

Meanwhile this has been the longest week ever at work.

So, enjoy a 'before' picture of my fingernails!

Then later tonight, my wife and nieces will be applying the #CrazyStigmaGreen to these babies. Watch this space for updates on that!

Five

I'm writing to you now from the comfort of my recliner in my living room. In five days, hopefully I'll be writing to you all from the comfort of a hotel in San Francisco after beating the sun there. A few days ago, I got a Father's Day surprise that was most welcome. No, not that...I got enough donations to make and surpass my goal. I'm amazed, humbled, and awestruck. I can't really describe how awesome and happy it made me, especially since the penultimate donation came from my own mother! I should have known better to tell her how close I was to my goal, because that was exactly what she sent me. She's good like that.

Even though it put us over the top, we couldn't have gotten there without everyone. So, to all of you I wish you a virtual high five, until I can see all of you and give you one in person. Or, if you prefer, a hand hug!

We did a Thing!

Yes, that number on the right there in the donation widget is correct. We made it past our goal! I'm so excited! I can barely only use one exclamation point per sentence!

Again, thank you everyone we all made this possible. Yay! It turns out it IS easy being green!

Nine

Nine days, we're in single digits now. I can tell you I'm getting excited, as is my co-pilot. I even had my eyes checked, and asked the doctor about night vision, he said that the glasses focus the light to a certain wavelength, and it makes it clearer to see, but it basically makes it harder on your eyes because the pupils are wide open to let light in, but it is only coming in a shorter/specific wavelength. He wore them and got a headache. So, there you go. SCIENCE! er something. I will just make sure that my glasses and the windshield and windows are clean and smudge free. Hopefully since we're renting from Hertz's 'Prestige' collection, that won't be too much of a problem. I've rented before from Hertz and other companies, and the windshields especially have been dusty, but that has been on the normal renting level. So, we'll see. We also have our mani/pedi's scheduled so I can prepare my feet in the case that we reach 100% of the goal. I couldn't think of any reference for the number nine that really fit, so enjoy a picture of #9 Robbie Gould, one of the most efficient and dependable kickers in the NFL, ever. Plus he's a good guy and has his own foundation.

Ten

I was going to make a Monty Python reference here, but I think I'll keep that for when there are five days left. (Three sir!). So, instead a little reminder that there are 10 days before my event, and 9 days before I leave. As of this posting, we've managed 85% of our goal, so we're so very close. It is well, I'll let the Tenth Doctor say it for me: 

Then there is the original impetus for this trip, the 3 boys themselves, in front of 10 Downing Street. I know, I'm stretching it a bit there, especially since you can only see the '0' in '10' but hey it is one of the more famous doors...in the world.

Again, thank you everybody so much for helping me and the Brandon Marshall Foundation spread awareness for mental health issues, and to help #ReduceStigma!

Eleven

More number references for everybody, and how could you not go to eleven? Eleven days left before my event, and well let's turn up the volume on the fundraising. You guessed it, up to 11. Please share, retweet, reblog, poke with a stick, get the volume up on helping people with mental illness, or just get the word out there. Thank you so much!