FearfulSymmetry: Unfortunately not. I'll be working on my thesis this weekend. :\ My housemates have all gone to visit family, so it's kind of quiet at the moment. Still, despite being busy, I'm doing well. I read you're going to the hospice on Sunday? I think that's very good of you to do, but I understand how it would be very hard as well.
It sounds like you have a busy weekend, but at least you should have some quiet time to work.
I do a bit of volunteering every now and then. The children's hospice is a very mixed emotions thing for me, as I mentioned before. But I try to go a few times a month, even if it's only for a an hour or so during the week. Every so often we go for a large chunk of the day on a weekend, usually a Sunday. They love having someone to read with them, and I normally take some classic books with me, which they just love, as for many of them the older books are things they have never heard of, let alone read.