i.need.new.friends

I decided that I need to expand my group of friends. Don't jump to conclusions...my friends are great, but I've had the same ones for years. This is a good thing (I'm apparently a good friend since I haven't chased many of them off), but it also means that I've become too comfortable (and this applies to my entire life- not just my friends.) As an attempt to start getting comfortable with being uncomfortable, I decided to do some volunteering. I wanted to get something regular going with habitat for humanity- I figured this would be perfect since I'd get to build stuff and be outside and everything, but their boston volunteering sessions are full until 2007. Next, I did a web search for volunteering options in boston, and got tons of info. A lot of it was stuff I wouldn't be interested in (things where I wouldn't really meet people) but there were several organizations which put together options in a lot of different areas. I liked this since I'd be working with a lot of the same people, but wouldn't get bored only doing one thing all the time. The first event I'm doing isn't until mid-october, so until then I'll keep up the search.