I wanna see Mickey!

I had a horrible childhood--I never got to go to Disney World! Ok, ok. That's not that bad, but seriously, everyone goes to Disney. What's worse, we've even gone to Orlando for vacation but my mother, in her infinite wisdom, was like oh no, they don't want to go to Disney, who'd like that? Pft, Tony and I are still a little upset. Granted we were 14 and 16 at the time but still, you're never too old to see Mickey!

Well, don't ya know, I might just get my chance to see Mickey....because my dad is awesome. Eckerd raises money for Children's Miracle Network every year and there's always a competition to see who raises the most in the district. He wins every year. I repeat: HE WINS EVERY YEAR! There's also always a prize... I think that's how we got our little flat screen TV last year... but its never anything spectacular. This year, however, Eckerd is feeling extra generous or something because the prize is a trip to Disney World. Now if he wins every year, we should have this sucker in the bag, right?

No. Since the stakes have been raised, the other managers now have an organized "Beat Walter" campaign going. Raise money for the children--what children? We gotta beat him! Luckily, he's still kicking their butts. He's done/is doing lots of ridiculous fund raising:

• Marathon Walk: He took our treadmill to the store, had people pledge him per mile and attempted to walk at least 20 miles or whatever money he raised would be split up among the other stores in the district. He was up to about $200/mile. Final distance: 32 miles.
• Car Cruise: The day after his toe-nail-peeling walk (turf toe supreme right there), they had a car cruise at the store. There was food and all that but also a dunking booth with the district manager on it. Ca-ching!
• Food, food and more food: They've been selling hot dogs, burgers and pepperoni rolls every weekend. Apparently people in Baden really like cookout food because they usually make about a hundred dollars a day.
• Car Washes: While all of the rest of this is going on, they've also been having car washes. Who knew that you could make $500 washing people's cars?
• Bowling: The final event is a whole-district thing, but your store got money based on how many people showed up. We had about 30, oh yeah! And, even better, we had matching "Team BAD ASSt." shirts. Note the small t in there for "assistant." The assistant managers were in charge of getting the shirts. How creative...

So basically, the result of all of this is about $8,500 and there are still a few weeks left! Not only is he leading the district -dramatic pause- he is tops in the whole company!!!!!

I'll see ya soon, Mickey!

P.S. ITS A CRUISE!