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At my volunteering gig, I got into an argument with this boomer who was constantly trying to boss me around and act like I had some ulterior motive for volunteering. She wasn't anyone's boss, but she's been volunteering there for ages, so she has this attitude that she's above me. Still, I should have just let it go. They didn't text me to give me a schedule, so I guess that's over.
I was mainly doing the volunteer work to kind of practice for working again, since I've been out of the workforce a long time. I'm kind of thinking that I should just enjoy the free time I have left before I have to rejoin the grind of wage labor.
I'm making good progress on running. I've run almost 60 miles so far this month, and broke my personal record for a 10k by a fair amount. I'm going to take it a little easier next week because I definitely overtrained.