What a day!

It was raining when we headed out to Six Flags yesterday. Luckily it slowed to a sprinkle by the time we got there and stopped altogether by lunch. It was pretty warm and the sun was even hot in the afternoon. We had a good time. Ran into some good friends there. It was a nice size crowd. Practically no lines. Only a few rides we would have liked to have gone on weren't running. Every year there are a few not running, but you get that any day of the season.

The bad part was how high the allergen counts were. Have I mentioned that Violet has bad allergies? Especially to mold and weed, both of which were registering high yesterday. She had a scratchy throat and a headache before she even went on a single ride. She did pretty good all day, but skipped some of the wilder ones that she normally likes.

We got home, and 5 minutes later I was out the door again. We had our fancy dinner/training for Girl Scouts fall product sales. This is the training for all the fall product chairs who then go out and train the leaders (who are then supposed to train the girls, but in reality if anything they just send the order forms home with them). I'm on the product sales committee so I had been helping plan this thing and was to introduce all the incentives and review proceed procedures. It was a high energy evening and I was beat by the end of it.

Did you know if you volunteer for things beyond the troop leader level, you get lots of cool free stuff as thank yous? I had no idea. I started getting these things about a year ago and they just keep getting better! Last night I came home with 3 containers of the candy/nuts the girls will be selling (one gummi berries, one cashews, and one cranberry nut mix) plus a pewter compact mirror with the Girl Scout promise engraved on the back. I've gotten other cookies and candies, votive holders, bookmarks, travel mugs. It is awesome! I had no idea.

Today was mostly spent recovering. In the afternoon Violet had her dental checkup, no cavities! We stopped in the grocery store on the way home and stocked up for the weekend. Tomorrow we're off to the Japanese Gardens. Good thing we haven't started school yet. We're too busy.