#20: weekly volunteer gig
In an amazing feat of serendipity, an alumni e-mail came out talking about volunteer opportunities on or near campus shortly after I added number 20 to the list. One of the opportunities was a conversation partner with English in Action. So I am happily matched up with the wife of a Ph.D. student from China. She is very cheerful and outgoing. Also sort of young, or maybe that is just me getting old. She's 22. Last week she even made traditional Chinese food for me and showed me how. I won't be reproducing her efforts any time soon. I think it will be lots of fun. And though I'm only obligated for an hour each week, we usually spend at least 2 if not 3 or more together. So yay!
posted by Stephanie at 1:38 PM
2 Comments:
Steph, I think you've discovered the beauty of the list. It's a sort of "if you build it, they will come" kind of thing. If you make it (the list) they (the opportunities) will begin to appear.
I've been waiting for the list to show up on your other blog for weeks! Glad I found it. I hope you don't mind if I watch ...
Jan
No, feel free to watch. In fact please do. The accountability might push me through some phases where I just don't feel like attacking another list item. Although so many of them are of the fun variety that I have a hard time imagining it.
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