The other evening, I had just gotten back from not destroying anyone’s soul while christmas shopping when I noticed that my neighbor was out raking leaves. It was dark and she was working by the light of the street lamp – using a box to scoop up the leaves into a trashbag.<\/p>\n
I parked my car, took in my purchases, then went back out with a shovel and rake and offered to help. Seems her tree drops the leaves all at once, but usually not until after the city does leaf pick up in our area.<\/p>\n
With better tools, we made short work of the pile in front of her house – then went down the street a couple houses to get the rest of the leafs that had settled there. After a bit the owner of that house came out and with the three of us we finished up that pile too.<\/p>\n
So, a small good deed and getting to meet the neighbors. I like to think it balances out the terrible things I was thinking about people at Target. Really, people? You gotta take up the whole aisle with your cart?<\/p>\n
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This morning, I was up bright and early to head over to the Ronald McDonald house to volunteer. This is for a committee at work and while we were supposed to have 4 volunteers, only three people signed up. And then one person canceled this morning.<\/p>\n
So, it was me and my co-chair cleaning the entire facility. Mopping, moving furniture, wiping down tables and chairs, vacuuming – the works. We were well organized and worked very quickly and very efficiently. In two hours, we were exhausted, but done. The staff there were impressed and we headed out – and I went to eat lunch at mcdonald’s.<\/p>\n
I’m glad we were able to help out, but I kinda wish the rest of the committee would be more involved. \u00a0I think we’re going to try and do more on-campus volunteering – hoping that gets a better participation rate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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