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I am a person who wants to be asleep at 9pm. 10pm at the latest.

On Friday night. 1am.

Saturday night. Midnight.

Last night 1:30am.

I'm going to try and think of a story from this weekend to tell...but my brain cells are all being used right now to keep my eyeballs open.

I sailed a sailboat for the first time in 10 years and for the first time in like 20 since I had wind to actually power it. (see, I re read that and I don't think it's clear...when I sailed 10 years ago there was no wind, and at that point it had been probably 10 years since the last time I had sailed.) Much like riding a bike, I am beginning to remember that skillset. But 20 years is a long time to have not done something.

Luckily however, I had Kelly. Who had sailed last weekend for the first time in 20 or so years and she took most of the girls out on the boat one at a time. And when that was over, she took the adults.

I stayed on shore with the other adult while they sailed off. We talked about how likely a person was to get wet and and I was all "oh, slim to none."

And Kelly was out for quite a long time. we were thinking that they were just going a little longer or a little further that she did with the girls, because she was with an adult.

And then they came back. "How come you didn't come looking for us?" We honestly thought they'd been out a while but not a "they must be in trouble" kind of long. Apparently, once out and sailing. They capsized. And typically on a sailboat capsizing is fine, you hang on the centerboard and upright the boat. but when your boat turns upside down and the centerboard falls out - it a little more work to get it up.

Luckily the next adult was a trooper, she's an elementary school principal, so she kind of has to be. And despite her dislike of being all wet, she took her chances. And came back still very dry.

I think I screwed up

I have a Girl Scout Troop of 8 girls. They just completed their Junior level and will be Cadettes next year. As such they are supposed to be more in charge of what's going on in the troop.

So I let them plan the trip they are taking this summer. I provided them with a worksheet to fill out so they would be able to more easily make the necessary decisions for the trip. Basically they needed to decide on what they were going to eat and what they were going to do on the trip.

When I made my suggestion sheet - the one where I came up with a bunch of ideas and gave them a list so they could see some and possibly come up with their own...there weren't enough things on the list of activities. And something inside me said they needed more. So I added "Mystery Activity." That would be an activity which they would not know the plan, and I would come up with something...I didn't think they'd choose it.

They did.

And now I can't think of anything beyond my original list. So we're going to be up at my parents' lake house. Pretty naturey, but also with access to a real live house, running water, electricity, etc. These are the things they chose (they totally vetoed the making homemade ice cream, but they have no idea what they're missing):

Swimming
Hiking
Campfire and S’mores
Row boat
Using a Compass Game
Board Games

So, I need ideas. If you were a scout, or in Awana, or in a church group or an Indian princess, or just plain have a fun childhood memory that I might be able to use for my "mystery activity," I need to hear it. (These are 10-11 year old girls, none of them are particularly prissy, but I don't have a fishing license and I have no desire to put worms on hooks or take fish off hooks, so don't even go there.)

Cookies

Girl Scouts in our area are selling Girl Scout cookies.

You should buy some.

From an actual real live girl if at all possible.