Curious Volunteer seems to have temporarily lost her groove.

Why be glib?  I’ve had a hard time.  I haven’t been able to muster the wherewithal to volunteer or write. 

October passed me by.  I made a half-hearted attempt.  The results: uninspiring.  November looms ahead and I have no volunteer plans.  The thought leaves me overwhelmed and bummed.  On a scale of one to ten, life’s challenges rate higher than volunteering.  And, you know, volunteering makes me so happy.  I haven’t even been able to muster the wherewithal to get in the groove.  So I’m giving myself a pass this month.

Life is taking me from Denver, Colorado to Bethesda, Maryland.  And I’m looking for ideas that will get me into the community and out of my rut: fresh start sort of thing.  One year ago I asked my readers for suggestions as to where I should volunteer in December and the winner was Denver’s Anchor Center for Blind Children. For some reason, they thought I'd make a great elf, a Santa's helper, if you please.  My complete lack of experience, interacting with blind infants and children as well as acting as elf, inhibited no one; in particular me.  Surprising insights gained and shared and published in the newspaper culminated my first year as a serial volunteer.  (You can read the article/blog here.)

I asked my readers for suggestions in 2009 and so I am repeating the call in 2010.  What can I do in Montgomery County, Maryland or the District of Columbia in December?  Anyone have a favorite organization I should check out?  Help me get back in the groove.