How Do You Guys Afford This Place?

Tonight, our friends Andre and Jill, and their kids Ruby and Henry, came over for dinner. We had been out on the back patio for quite a while and then I had to show Henry how to find our bathroom.

He walked in our back door, said, "Your house is small," and then entered the dining room. He said, "Oh, no, this is a big house. HOW DO YOU GUYS AFFORD THIS PLACE?!?!"

Of course, this cracked me up. Our house is small. Quite small. And he obviously doesn't know about the prices of homes, salaries, etc.

This made me think, though, that things aren't always as big as they seem (especially to a first-grader), and things might be bigger than they seem.

What isn't as big as it seems: the task at hand. In two weeks I will be doing my fifth MS150. It seems daunting since spring came so late, but I got this. Today I rode to the grocery store, meet some people for a leisurely, exploratory ride around the lakes where we saw the cute little elf tree, and then tacked on an extra 17 miles before dinner. I can ride my bike for hours. I'll do fine.

What is bigger than it seems: 4391. Just a number, right? Not so fast. This is the huge amount of money ($4391) that very generous people have donated to the MS Society on my behalf for the MS150. What is so spectacular is that so many people have donated. My gratitude is 4391 many, many times over.

Here's the link for my MS150 page, if you want to see the good news that I met my goal with your own eyes. http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/MaggieMS150

The route has been announced for the TRAM. I'm be sharing more info about that here, on this blog. http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/Maggie2014TRAM