Completed?

I had a text message the other day. It was from the Anthony Nolan Trust, asking me why I hadn't returned the saliva tissue-typing kit they had sent me. I emailed them to explain that the reason was, in fact, that I hadn't had it myself.

They very obligingly sent me a new one, and there you see it. I followed the instructions and sent it back.

And I'm almost ready to call this goal complete. Almost. You see, there are two things that make me think it might not be quite there.

Firstly, I'm a little dubious about the time limit. The letter asks for it to be returned 'within three days'. Is that 'put in the post by myself within three days'? If so, we're fine. If, however, it's 'make sure it arrives within three days', I don't think it's going to make it.

Secondly, I fear that I may have included a little too much spit.

Either way, I'm sure that if they're not happy with my sample, they'll send me another kit. I hope they'll send me a letter of confirmation if they are.

Day 100

In a pleasing piece of symmetry, I started my 101 on Advent Sunday, and day 100 is Shrove Tuesday. Tomorrow Lent starts, traditionally a time of self-examination.

Let's have a look, then.

Over the course of my first hundred days, I have:

completed five goals:

- go on a demo;
- do an Advent observance
- get a decent shredder;
- do a first aid course;
- make wedding album/scrapbook


possibly completed one goal:

- join bone marrow donor registry


( and the rest of it's long )

Over the course of the next 100 days, I'd like to:

- mystery-worship another service;
- make a success of the Leeds/Bradford trip;
- firm up plans for Exeter;
- make a start on the Canterbury pilgrimage
- finish the first quilt by the time the baby is born;
- get at least another twenty of the hundred snapshots done;
- post at least ten times to ancientandmodern;
- get my hair cut;
- sing a solo at church;
- read the book on heraldry that I currently have sitting on my bookshelf;
- give blood again;
- write six letters, longhand;
- keep plugging away at the 'little and often' goals.