So we made it back to our usual schedule(you can just imagine). Kids were busy with tests and papers, and we were all very tired.
I switched my work day to Friday since we were traveling on Monday. It made for a long week since I had a girl scout outing over the weekend. My girl scouts are in High School now and looking at completing their Gold Award-equivalent to the Boy Scout Eagle Award. I took 4 girls to an overnight program where they completed most of their prerequisites to earning the Gold Award. They already finished their Silver Award which counts towards their prerequisites. This program was very overwhelming considering the amount of info they covered, but very interesting.
So interesting, they turned it into an overnight. We spent time working on an environmental/health badge, Roots and Shoots, and the girls now have to plan a project. They decided they will probably run a health class for Junior girl scouts next year(some badge), and probably charge for it to make some money for a future trip. We are looking into joining a GS International group that just started and will help organize Girl Scout trips overseas(like London!) The girl scouts have lodges around the world including England, Mexico, Switzerland and India. England sounds good.
The girls also earned a Parks badge, a finance badge called Capital Currency. That was very interesting since the girls spent time learning about banking, checking, stocks and financial aid for College funding. The girls also got to speak to a Senior college student about classes and college life as well as a tour of a local Community college and a peak into the dorm rooms as well as other buildings.
While I was off with the girls, Tom was spending time at home with Scott. He was busy cutting the grass(for the 3rd time in two weeks). He had to cut it before we left for LA and our neighbor cut it while we were gone. Sadly, he also ran over one of my Michigan baby cedar trees with the mower. Oh well. We've had lots of warm weather and rain so lots of flowers and pollen. The rest of the family isn't too happy about the allergies. Even in LA we couldn't believe how green everything was as well as all the beautiful flowers(not a good sign for the fall though-when it all dries up it means more chances for fires). But it sure was beautiful now!