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Date:   11/13/2005 10:05:26 PM ( 19 y ago)

i spent a nice evening looking through local volunteer opportunities online. yes, i'm procrastinating (i am loathing my work at the moment, and am just yearning for a real break--but when am i not loathing my work?), but at least i'm procrastinating in a fulfilling way.

there are so many neat programs! and the time commitments are so reasonable! it is a strange, and somewhat embarrassing thing, but i have never volunteered in my whole life. i've donated to many causes, but never actually given my time. last month, though, i signed up to volunteer at the local humane society, which is really beautiful. i miss being around animals and am vaguely considering returning to school to pursue veterinary medicine, so the shelter clinic is the perfect opportunity to pursue both. the change in careers is an outside possibility, really, as it doesn't mesh particularly with any of my current skill sets (which i do actually enjoy using, sometimes), but i'm considering it. so i begin volunteering in the shelter's clinic on tuesday.

it's weird, as i haven't even begun volunteering yet, but i really would like to do more already. i am especially interested in volunteering somewhere on thanksgiving (m. is working all day anyway). i've heard that volunteer work is addictive, and i am really looking forward to it. m. is interested in volunteering for a program that provides bereavement counseling and a camp for kids who have lost a close relative. thanks to the internet, i happened across a program that does just that! i hope that it will work out for him, because i think it will give him a way to find more peace with his sister's death. the camp this year is actually over his birthday, which seemed like a nice touch.

it feels very strange to actually be making myself at home here. putting down roots in a place is new for me. even if i don't want to stay here indefinitely (as much as i love the mountains, i do miss greenery), it feels good to be secure for a while.



 

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