I don't think it's a secret that anything that is set up as a volunteer activity for a group is always at least as much about making the group feel good. This is why I never wanted corporate volunteer days at my youth center job. PITA for no benefit to our kids!
We actually had one corp who pretty much told us that they didn't want to do volunteer work, but wanted the staff to entertain them and their small children. That's not volunteering, that's getting a private program for free.
We don't do busy work for vols, it's a waste of everyone's time. We do have a weekly and a bimonthly SN group who come to volunteer, and it's all about life and job skills and getting fresh air. And if I feel like it is make-work only available, I cancel. Socializing is another big component.
Steph, clearly you're supposed to drink enough bootleg gin that the taste of the food ceases to matter.
Turns out there is no menu, but the bar it's attached to (this is confusing; the party was at a bar that you get to through another bar, speakeasy-style) brought over big platters of wings/nachos/tiny sandwiches, along with fruit/veggie/cheese trays. I cobbled together enough food and mimosas to fill me up. And the bar was pretty cool.
I got home from running errands and my house key was missing and as I was contemplating going back to PetSmart, where I was sure it had popped loose, the bag of cat food broke and dumped cans and the key on my foot. Ow, yay?
Also, got bins for shoes and I've attained some measure of order...and then I found another bag of shoes to go through.
Sounds fun Teppy.
I want weekly visitation rights on the house I'm buying. This waiting sucks. We are awaiting the appraisal to see how much I'm actuaLl paying for the place. April 24th seems so far away.
I kinda wish I had Steph's morning. My day has been pretty thankless so far. I am trying to get my own grading done while also supporting my daughter as she drama llamas her way through her 30 minutes of math homework. It has taken 3 hours so far, and she still isn't done. We have her complete the work, then check, and if there are crazy numbers of errors we ask her to redo it. We are stuck at that particular point in the loop. She and I both know it's counterproductive at this point, so I'm just letting her mope around the house and not forcing her to work.
Ugh.
I did have to engage a different set of thinking about the Greek Life people, which is healthy for me to not always assume the worse.
I have to say working at a school with a huge Greek presence means I had to recognize and then actively unlearn any stereotypes I had about them.
I kinda wish I had Steph's morning. My day has been pretty thankless so far.
If it helps, I came home from drinking mimosas to a mountain of work. SO BORING.
I have to say working at a school with a huge Greek presence means I had to recognize and then actively unlearn any stereotypes I had about them.
Unfortunately, for me, working at a school with a huge Greek presence has mostly reinforced the stereotypes I had about them.
My chiropractor has a web site and a Facebook page. Did she use those to communicate that she was going to be out of the office for three days? Noooo.
I fear that the Greek system has yet to fail to reinforce my stereotypes.
