I just found that I misread Google Earth and the animal sanctuary I've been starting to think I might want to volunteer at, that I thought was 20 miles away, is actually 10 miles away and 20 minutes away by car. Which is only about 5 minutes farther away than one of the parks we got to on a regular basis. So that means one the things that caused me the most heistation, the distance, is in fact not as much of a problem as I thought. And even if I can't get a ride from my mom, depending on the route I take it's between 45 minutes to an hour by bike, which is about how long the first half of my morning rides take. So even if I she my mom won't give drive me, I can get there by bike with no problem. This takes me from thinking I might want to do it, to really seriously thinking about actually doing it. Now it's just a matter of fighting through my anxiety and convincing myself to contact the woman who runs it.
