I found out that the second person who asked *didn't* know I had already said no. She apologized... and asked me to do something else I don't want to do.

I'm really not sure what to do about this situation. It's an animal rescue organization so have a lot of guilt around saying no.

They said that they were desperate for people to trap animals, so I said I would be interested in learning. It turns out that trapping animals is way more than I want to do. It involves setting up a trap early in the morning and checking it every two hours.

On top of that, the organization's efforts are not limited to my town, as I had assumed. Most of the rescues are being done in towns 30 minutes away from me. That means an hours drive every two hours to check a trap! I can see why they are desperate for volunteers.

The other problem I have found is that if I agree to do one thing, suddenly it morphs into something else. The time changes, the assignment gets bigger or more complicated. It's the nature of the work, but, again, I didn't realize it worked this way when I signed up. In hindsight, I should have.

So I have this email I haven't replied to yet asking me if I will help trap animals in a town 30 minutes away (with no traffic). I want to say no, but I feel like I can't because I just said 'no' to something else they wanted me to do (in my own town).

My boyfriend asked me why I signed up to volunteer to do this stuff at all if I don't want to do it, and I guess that's a good question. I really did not know what was involved. It is good work and important work, but I just don't want to do it.