resurfacing

One more winter exam period under my belt. The last one, at least for quite some time. Today I ran around regaining my life a little bit. Finished up the Christmas shopping, which somehow always adds up to more than it really ought to.

Now all the presents are wrapped and under the tree, and I bought myself some festive nailpolish and have amused myself by painting all my nails with "Rocker."

Next week - the beach, for a tropical Christmas season - which I absolutely cannot wait for. Part of me will miss my little tree and the general winteriness of it all. I've done it before, but it's always a bit strange to be wearing a swimsuit on Christmas Eve.

I was listening to a song, Rudy, by the Be Good Tanyas, and it kind of made me realise that I think I'd get a lot more joy out of Christmas if I could spend it contributing in some way. I'd like to do Christmas Eve at a soup kitchen or something next year. So do a lot of people on Craig's List apparently, so I'm not sure if that's just some idealised view of volunteering, or if soup kitchens really do need people on Christmas.

But D pointed out we don't have to wait until Christmas to do that - we could start anytime. I did look online, but so far haven't found a volunteer position where I'd really be interacting with people, which is what I'd like, or at least, what I think I'd like. I have a do some volunteering now where I get to do that. Trouble is, I kind of hate it... people can be very demanding and rude when they're seeking FREE legal advice for a problem that is very often their own fault. I think I'd like to take a step back from their personal problems and just hand them a warm bowl of soup.

Anyway, you should definitely listen to the Rudy song if you can find it somewhere - preferably not on tinny computer speakers though.