has been getting me down. while i think that volunteering is important and clearly part of my job (all of my job?) is to encourage volunteerism, i prefer to think of it as a road to something else and in vermillion, i think it mostly stays as volunteering. this weekend was Step it Up and we had a nice little event here, interesting speakers (i love learning about recycling) and neat things to do, but there were only about 30 people who came through. i don't think all the blame can be placed on "vermillion" but i definitely feel like people are more likely to serve a meal with their church group than they are to take a stand for something. this bothers me.
in other news, i have been spending lots of time reading outside. i think that it's fair to say that i don't like anything as much as i like reading outside. hooray for that.
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On the other hand, I know a lot of people who are more interested in marching and being political than they are in serving a meal or doing other charitable work. We all have our areas; at least it means they're *doing* something.
I thought the Step It Up turn out was great! I mean, in general with event planning, they say that about 1/2 of everyone you personally invite who says they'll be there will actually show up, it was pretty successful.
and, i thought the even went until 3, so i did show up at 2 and biked around looking for everyone.
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