This Saturday, I went to an "info session" at the Science Museum downtown. They talked about what the project/partnership is with our organization, and what volunteers would do if they are "placed" with this project. For this one, we would put on programming for "at risk" kids at the museum, with a special science project and some literacy exposure as well. Then, we get to take the kids around the museum and have some fun! It sounds like it would be a lot of fun and rewarding... especially how much I love science. When we toured the museum, I felt like a little kid having to hold myself back to explore everything. :)
In the afternoon, I volunteered at the thrift store again. We have to volunteer at least 30 hours before our "new member" period is over... and so far I have a whopping 8 hours. I used to work retail, so it's pretty easy. One of my favorite jobs in retail was honestly going around the store and picking up clothes and making the racks look nice, so that's pretty much what I go around doing in between customers at the register.
In between the two events, I took apart my bike (a pink vintage-looking beach cruiser... it's not really vintage but still just about as cute) and scrubbed it with steel wool to clean it up a little bit, pumped up my tires, then put everything back together and took it for a test drive around the block! I hadn't ridden it in over a year, but it rode great (better than I remember the last time), so I think it's time I start taking it out every now and again... maybe to the farmer's market or to go to parts of downtown I'd rather not walk to.
I decided to try a really quick/easy dinner for last night, and I thought I did pretty good so I wanted to post about it. I had a bag of frozen "creamy polenta" with spinach from Trader Joe's, so I decided to try it out. Tilapia thaws really quickly, so I ran one of my prepacked filets under some cold water for a few minutes, then "breaded" it with a little bit of fancy quinoa mix (from Home Goods). I pan fried it on the stove in olive oil on low heat, while I quickly cooked some peas. Voila! Looks like a restaurant meal. I think it ultimately took about 30 minutes, which isn't all that fast but it's still so much better than a gross microwave lean cuisine.
I also did get to go for a job/walk yesterday! I was dying!!!!! (I'm not gonna lie, I can't believe it is still getting to 80 degrees this time of year! I think it's gonna start to cool off just a little bit... but it can definitely stay 70s for a little longer. Now that I'm getting up much earlier for my new job, I always think it is FREEZING because I am cold to the bone at 6am. Then I go to my car to drive to the other building and realize it's still summer in October...)
It seems like I am STILL the queen of people bailing on me and backing out and/or never having invitations returned. I was supposed to meet a friend for drinks last night (my invitation)... but by the time he made it back to town with his friends and then took an hour to text me back, it was already like 11:00! I love the company of others, but I'm not that desperate, especially when it's somebody I'm not all that close with to begin with. So that was a little bit of a disappointment... it was a gorgeous day and I feel like I didn't get to enjoy it as much as I would have liked. I've been feeling that way about a lot of things lately... just a little regretful that I'm maybe not enjoying life as much as I should be.
On the bright side, I do really enjoy cooking, and riding my bike, and running, and volunteering, even if it's all solo... for now. :)
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