We're Walking to Jekyll

I always wanted to work for a library or a bookstore. There's just something about books that leaves me with tingles. I guess you could say I'm easy to please, huh?
Anyhow, those of us who work here at the library are doing something different this month that has nothing to do with books. And again, I'm left with tingles.
We are walking to Jekyll Island!!!
Yep, that's right. Every Wednesday (and we started February 1st), however many miles we walk during the week will be recorded as a group on a map of Georgia that hangs on the back of our break room door. The map shows the highways and byways from Moultrie to Jekyll. Everyone turns in the number of miles they walked during the week, and Aileen posts the total on the map. Todate we have walked 39 miles and we are one mile east of Ray City. Of course, that reflects only the first five days of February and that was a short week.
Now, I imagine some of you think walking to Jekyll is a silly thing to do, but it's really not. The endeavor was created by Aileen to help those of us who need to MOVE. Most of us sit quite a bit. Some of us are overweight. Others of us just need to keep Mr. Arthritis from setting in. So, Aileen dreamed up the walk to Jekyll as a health endeavor.
Of course, anytime you have an endeavor like this, you need to have a payoff. No one wants to walk to just get healthy, right?
Well, when we finally tally up enough miles to get us to Jekyll Island, we're going to have a big, heart-healthy potluck lunch. Everyone will bring a good-nutrition dish to share, and we'll enjoy the fellowship of having done something really rewarding.
That doesn't mean the food. That means we actually got up and MOVED, got our bodies out of that chair and exercised. Good for our heart. Good for our lungs. Good for our legs. Good for US!
And you know what? It also means that I have another reason for loving to work at the library. It's all the people I work with and the enjoyment of sharing good times with them. More tingles!!!