Today I'm going S W I M M I N G for the first time since July. Swimming. With lane lines. Flip turns. Laps. My water bottle on the edge. No lake muck that I have to put my toes into in order to get in the water. Regulated pool temperature. You guys... I have been waiting for this for months! And it's here! It's time to make a splassshhhh!
It's time to make a splash elsewhere in my German life though, too. I've enough time now in these first 2 weeks in Mainz to play and nap and be relatively irresponsible with my time, and I really appreciate that I've had this time. When you're a grown up, it's not often that you get such time like I have right now. And it's time that my time went towards something better than sipping coffee and not using my new German language skills enough. That's right, it's time to find somewhere to volunteer so that maybe someone else will benefit from all this time I've been using for myself. The program that sent me to Germany asks that we participate in volunteer activities in our communities here, and I'm glad they do. I'd want to anyway. But where do I start? It's seemingly not such a big thing here as it is in the US. Once you work full time, it's assumed that there is no time to volunteer. But really, I have no idea where to even start looking for opportunities. In German. Any ideas you all have, please send them my way! Do people here go to elementary schools (Grundschule) and read to the little kids? Can I volunteer as an assistant coach for age group swimming? Is Special Olympics also in Mainz, and if so, do they need volunteers in the same way as the US program does?
So, keep your eyes open from wherever you are. If you think of a good place to look for a volunteer opportunity in German, lemme know! In the meantime, wish me luck with my swim today. This is going to be no fun. That first swim always makes me feel akin to cement. Must. Push. Through. It.
love always! and happy Friday :)
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