Volunteer Day

A pulled quadriceps muscle refrained me from participating in dance class this morning. As I was playing soccer yesterday in my class I strained my right quadriceps. I continued to play through the pain for the time being and may have made a bad decision. That, along with the intramural basketball game I had at six o'clock made for a painful Thursday. I arose for my dance class knowing that i would not be capable of participating pain free. I spoke with my professor and was allowed to be counted as present and lose no points as long as I watched everyone and took notes. I was very grateful I did not have to apply any pressure to the already tight muscle. After sitting and observing it was time to be trained. I headed for the Junior Achievement offices for my formal training. During the hour I was there I was informed of my duties as a volunteer with the program and what my expectations should be for my class. I will be teaching an eighth grade class at Allen Middle School on six different occasions. My goal is to better inform the students of business and entrepreneurship opportunities that await them after they receive theory education. I am very excited to begin my work with the students and form the bonds from the other side of the spectrum that i have formed with some of my past teachers. Speaking of which, Mrs. Agner, my digital media teacher in high school, brought her class up for the film festival on campus today and I was able to visit with her and some of my old friends from high school who I have not seen in quite some time. It was by far the highlight of my day. I also did some volunteering at the relay for life table again as well. After my busy morning I returned back to my room and spent some quality time with Mary-Neil playing some games on the Internet. It was almost embarrassing how much fun we were having playing a game where you are given six letters and asked to form certain words to obtain points. none the less it was a relaxing afternoon spent with someone I love to spend my time with. As 5:45 approached it was time to head to Urban Ministry for the night. At the beginning my volunteer experience there was wonderful, but it has progressively gone downhill. I am not very satisfied with the level of respect that a volunteer, like myself, is given by the employees of the industry. We are there on our own time and they do not seem to appreciate our effort the least bit. I do not let that stop me from enjoying my work with the homeless and I still love spending my Thursday nights at the shelter. I returned back to school from volunteering, met Kimberly's cousin, told Mary-Neil goodnight, and got a 100% on my online Nutrition quiz. It was quite a productive day even without a full schedule of classes. I will be heading back home tomorrow for another busy weekend of working and babysitting. I will see everyone then. God Bless!!