ProfessorMom Volunteers

Emery doesn’t participate in many activities that require parental participation or even attendance. I suppose that’s good as I have a problem as a competitive mother/ person. I even interrupted his performance at master class last week.

But, as a teacher, I know how important volunteers are. Currently, I’m trying to make sure an event I have at a school library next week is successful—and that means recruiting my students and hoping they will be generous with their extra time.

So, when Playmakers need volunteers for productions, I always try to volunteer. In the past, it’s been mainly by donating money and chaperoning backstage, but this time, I thought I’d help out decorating the lobby.

Well, that was a mistake. As someone who hasn’t even decorated her own house for the holidays, I should not have volunteered to decorate the lobby. I’m not going to go into details, but I didn’t even last an hour and I think the group of moms stayed there to decorate for at least 5 hours.

I guess my guilt got the better of me, but I learned my lesson—don’t volunteer for something that you’re not suited too. Better to say no and offer to help in a way that you can. Which is why I offered to take tickets today.

Needless to say, Emery was awesome in Broadway Santa, which is a really cute holiday musical. If there’s a show near you—go see it.

Have you had any disastrous experiences volunteering?