This past week had a change in my usual schedule. I took off Weds instead of Friday to join my parents on a baseball game outing. The Sunrise community took the residents out to a Senior Baseball game event with the Bowie Baysox. The Baysox are the Orioles farm team, so we were decked out in our orange and black. The event was set up in the sky box above home plate. Mom and Dad took the Sunrise van ride over and Scott and I followed in my van(yes, Scott joined us!). I brought along a wheelchair to help get Dad moving. He is struggling with everyday tasks, so I wanted to see how he managed on an outing in case I tried to take him out myself. I think after this outing, I decided he is just too much for me to handle along with mom for any day trips.

But while we were there, we really enjoyed ourselves. The baseball staff was wonderful and very helpful. And so were the Sunrise staff that came along. There were 10 residents in all on the outing. Besides enjoying the game(we won!), we also were treated to a picnic buffet lunch and Bingo! And Mom won an Orioles tshirt!  So we all had a great time and I was just happy we got Dad out for awhile. Though I don't think I will be doing that very often.

Scott was home this week, in between scout camps. He did a great job earning his Robotics and Motor Boating merit badges last week at camp. This week at the boy scout meeting, I was busy putting finishing touches on our upcoming scout trip to Hershey Park. Scott spent the boy scout meeting working with his fellow patrol members planning an upcoming meeting in which they will run the activities. We requested the older boys get more involved in running the weekly meetings rather than sitting and listening to the adults speak. And the scout leader agreed. So the boys have come up with some camping training, badge work and games. As we say, scouts should be "Boy Led". Then why am I so busy?  On Sunday morning we packed Scott up again for another week at Boy Scout camp. This time he is headed off to a computer boy scout camp. His Troop Leader developed the program and it is the first of its kind. They plan on writing up the program in Boys Life. Maybe there will be photo of Scott in the article. They had 40 boys sign up for the camp. It is more laid back in that they don't have specific hours for meals, they can stay up late playing video games and they can use all the tech equipment they want(ipads, computers, cell phones, you name it). They will work on badges as well as science programs, including learning to fly drones.  I think he will be able to find something there that he enjoys!

He also managed to get in an afternoon of work at the Roller Blade rink on Friday. He had to work with a newly hired "challenged" employee, and found himself doing all the work. I was very proud of how hard he worked including cleaning and rearranging the entire skate room.

Allison was also up early on Sunday and out the door for another week of Girl Scout camp. She probably would have enjoyed her last week celebrating the holidays a little more if she had not also been babysitting one of the other counselors with special needs. The girl needs supervision herself which makes it tougher for Allison to get her job done. Plus Allison was asked to give the girl a ride home each weekend. So she ends up getting home late on Friday nights.

Welcome to Equal  Opportunity Employment Scott and Allison!

Scott and Grandma B enjoy a Baseball game in the Skybox

 Grandma B wins Bingo!

 Grandma and Grandpa Bozyk take in a Bowie Baysox baseball game/Orioles Farm league