community service hurts

last night i called friend jess heinzelman from smith (a good friend of my good friend, amy christie), and she invited me to "hands on bay area day" a day of community service in san fran. so i drove over the bridge early this morning and met jess, her boyfriend dave, and her friend tristen.

our project was to work with some other teams to clean a park (god knows where - i have no concept of space in this city yet). part of the work involved hoeing (yes, with a hoe. a garden hoe.) the edges of the stone curb that bordered the grass of the park - it had become overgrown with weeds. let me tell you, hoeing SUCKS. it is hard, hard work. my arms are still aching from the exertion. oooowwwwwwwwwww.

but it was lots of fun, it was actually sunny, and i got to hang out with some new people. and that is always fun. here's a pic of our team! (jess on left, tristan in middle and dave on right)

i know this is awful, but i keep thinking "one day down" - as in, one more day wherein i've figured out what to do with myself. which i think is a little sad to think to yourself. but i guess i never noticed how much of a social person i am until i had no society in which to be social. what do i do with myself when i'm not running from one event or group or activity to another?

deal with myself, i guess. and that's hard work