music: "Effigy," Natalie Merchant
I don't care what anyone says, I love this album. Especially this song, and "The Living."
Anyway, I finished my 12 hours of errand services to be a hospital volunteer today, so I can start at my regular assignment on Tuesday. Everyone here is totally baffled by the whole "volunteer" concept ("You worked 7 hours and didn't even get paid??" --Chris), so I just shoot back with, "You try spending all day in a house with Grandma and Grandpa. You'd do anything to get out too!" And of course, that brings about instant understanding. But in all honesty, that's not why I like to volunteer. I like to feel needed, and useful. And I also like talking to my friends at the hospital, and picking up all the Spanish they like to teach me. I like learning about the medical environment (you never know when it'll come in handy to jaw off some stuff about oncology or those lab specimens you delivered to the MCVI the other day...) And most of all, I like to know that I'm one of the few people left in the world who doesn't think it's "out of vogue" to lend a spare hour or two to people who need it.
I'm really tired. My soul is tired.
I don't like being an adult.