Doorbelling In Uncertain Weather

Today was a crazy doorbelling day. When I started it was cold and and the sky was dark with clouds. I changed into jeans and a sweater to keep warm. I grabbed a rain coat because it looked like rain. By the time I got to my first street it was pouring.

No problem. I had my rain coat. I thought the particular street would take me about 20 minutes. It took 60 minutes. By the time I was done, I looked like Marx (my 12 pound poodle) after a bath. My jeans were soaked and my back was covered in sweat. And, of course, as soon as I got back to the car, the rain stopped. UGGHHH.

I didn't get to speak with a lot of people today. I suspect they were all home doing what I wanted to do - get in my nightie and curl up with a good book - and didn't want to answer the door. At least, I got my 100 doors done.

I hope all of you stayed dry and warm today. Until tomorrow my friends.

Priya

Note To Self

Stop thinking about doorbelling before going to sleep. Otherwise, you will have doorbelling dreams. Last night my dreams consisted of losing my car and walking around in circles into perpetuity.

Priya

Doorbelling Resumes in Edmonds 36

So, I had taken a small break from doorbelling. I was just darned tired. But, Todd did the math and made me go back out today. MADE is the key word here. Not only did he make me go out, he made me go to a neighborhood that I had assumed was leaning heavily toward Mr. Plunkett. I was dreading it. But, as always, once I'm there doorbelling, I'm always glad I went.


Today I ran into the sweetest dog named Della at Mr. WIlson's house (not DJ Wilson). At first, I wasn't going to doorbell her owner because she was roaming free in a yard with an electric fence. But, as soon as I started walking by the driveway, Della ran as close as she could to me and started wagging her tail. How could I walk away?


Della reminded me a great deal of our old hound dog Jake. Della showed me how fast she could run and how high she could jump. She also honored me with a whole bunch of wet sloppy kisses! As it turns out, Mr. Wilson was very cool too! He's a lawyer too and will be voting for me. I also get to put a sign in his yard.


After completing my 100 houses, as my operations manager (my husband Todd) dictated I was required to complete tonight, I started looking for my car (I forgot to mark on my map where I parked it). As I was wandering around, I was stopped by a very nice Ms. Murphy. Ms. Murphy and several of her neighbors and her friends, bless their hearts, could not find me on the Primary Election ballot and had written my name in. Ms. Murphy will also be hosting a sign and a coffee for me. Thank you Ms. Murphy and friends. I will be seeing you soon.

There will be more new moments to report and old moments I haven't yet. I hope you find these stories as heartwarming as I do.

Priya