Hectic Week
A quick break from my workbook ruminations today… my mom flew in yesterday for a visit to celebrate her birthday (tomorrow) and DS’s Arrow of Light and bridging to Boy Scouts ceremony (next week).We had our last patrol meeting last night and the boy was headache free for a change!
Everything that could have been left to the last minute has been, but this is par for the course. The parents are now scrambling to pull everything together at the last minute. This means a multi-night party to finish up sanding/staining/varnishing the plaques to display their arrows, wrapping their arrows with embroidery floss to show their accomplishments and then taking all the stuff off their old uniforms to put on the plaques for display. They’re pretty impressive looking when they’re done, it’s just getting to that point. Added to this bit of fun, the annual Blue & Gold Dinner (Scouting’s Birthday party) is also this weekend and we have to bake a cake for the auction. Theme: Cowboys & Indians. Ideas: (zilch).
This week also marks my last week with the Pack. I’ve been committee chair for the past two years as well as doing a bunch of other things. I’m still not quite used to the idea that I will have some free time to myself again and won’t have to be doing certain tasks on a regular basis anymore. I suspect I have a good month or so of retraining people to not email me with questions and requests to pass on information though. I’ll definitely miss working with the boys and watching them learn and grow so quickly. We’re not done with Scouts, but the Boy Scout troops work in a completely different fashion. There’s more “stand back and let them learn from their mistakes as they learn to plan and execute things” instead of more active guidance.
So what am I going to do with my free time after next week? I’ve submitted my application for a 3-month writing mentor program! I promised myself that I would do it this year when I felt I could devote more time to it with fewer outside obligations. (Who was I kidding, right?) Seriously though, I’m really looking forward to it and breaking out of the rut I feel I’ve fallen into with my writing.
are you going to be a mentor or a mentee?
I’ve been thinking about it, I could use some help.
Mentee. I decided against doing it last year because I felt really torn with my time. This year I’ve got a consistent schedule and I’m winding up on the obligations, so I figured it was a good time. That and I need a good solid kick in the pants. 🙂
I’m not sure at this point what I’d have to offer someone else.