Preparation

On Tuesday the 10^th August I will leave for Athens, I have looked a little bit around on the internet to look for some useful information.

I found a survey on the net, why people volunteer for the Olympics...

Great, it seems to be good for my CV, I will see great athletes (could somebody please sent me some pictures so I recognise them?), I seem to be interested in a volunteer job, I can watch the Olympic games, I offer for my country (no thanks Mister Balkenende) and I will have a rare and unique experience of a world class event.

Who has filled in this survey? Were they all above eighty or from a country were entertainment has not been invented yet?

What about FUN?? No one participates for the fun of it!!
Well, then I belong to the 0.6% which have other reasons to participate then the above mentioned ones.

Though I am eager to go, I’m also a little bit nervous. I did not hear anything anymore from Olga. It seemed she liked me in our first (and only) conversation. But after a few mails and some phone calls without any response it is really silent.

I still hear her voice telling me I should call her when I would arrive in Athens. But what if she is fired, maybe she has got already a new favourite volunteer and is just paying attention to him, maybe even that her thoughts about me are drastically changed because of my last mail in which I wrote that she should contact me (maybe she is one of those girls who want to be independent and don’t let themselves tell what to do) or maybe…, no, I will be patient, I will wait and call her when I arrive next week, and maybe she even picks up the phone, who knows.

Rene