February 25, 2008

• Life is Rad...

  That is a slogan here, "Life is rad in Carlsbad", but it turns out to be copyrighted and sold on t-shirts to make a buck, so I will probably get sued for using it as a title.

  We have been getting a lot of rain this winter, more than my kids recall seeing.  They were too little to recall the last time it was like this, they were in preschool. California is like that. You get several years of drought, then a winter where it just rains and rains. This year is actually a more mellow version that some years of the cycle where it just comes down so hard and fast, so often, the ground can't soak it up and everything flash floods. This year has been at a more reaonsable pace with days in-between for it to soak in a bit. This week we are supposed to start getting some sun and I am ready for it. Rain is great, but it gets old and all the flowers here want California sunshine so they can bloom.

  Saturday was a big Girl Scout event called Thinking Day. All the local troops get together, about 400 girls. Each troop picks a different country that has Girl Scouts (or Girl Guides as they are called in some places) and the troop learns about the country, what it is like to be a girl there and then sets up a table at Thinking Day celebrating their country. On top of all that, the troop brings a taste of a food from that country, for each girl and leader to try. In addition, there are crafts, games and activities. Oh and one really fun part, each troop tries to wear something tied into the traditional clothing or costume of their country. I love seeing all the creative things troops come up with. Our troop was Hong Kong and our girls especially enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year, which is the biggest celebration/holiday in China. We made up a big chart with all 12 of the Chinese new year's animals and added which animal was which year, so people could figure out which year they were born. For our food we brought a massive box of fortune cookies to pass out. That was very popular and we had a good number of girls come by a second time to get more! And happily, the event was a nice sunny day, wedged between two days with lots of rain.

  Sunday, Joe and I went to downtown San Diego to attend an opera called Mary, Queen of Scots. I am not huge on opera, but Joe really loves it. However, I love this history of the time period of Mary and Queen Elizabeth I, so we both found some common ground to enjoy. We were way up in nosebleed seats, but we brought opera glasses and that worked out fine. The voices were really amazing and the music was pretty, something I could listen to again.

  In other news, Becca came home last night from a day with her dad, to announce she thought she had lice. Apparently one of her close friends at school has lice. So I pulled out the comb and started looking and was very unhappy to confirm her suspicion. And of course, with that, I began to feel itchy as well, so I moved on to check myself. I was close to done, only to discover one of the nasty critters just as I was finishing up. Sooo....both girls are home from school today to be treated, I am madly washing bed sheets and putting gunk on everyone's hair. This too shall pass.

  Today is also Girl Scout cookie pickup. All those advanced orders are now ready to be delivered and site sales start at the end of this week. Busy, busy, busy! I also have to get ready for another Girl Scout trip to the senior home for a St. Paddy's day celebration. I need to assemble a zillion little shamrock pins for the girls to hand out as little gifts to the seniors because we won't have another meeting between now and the senior home visit. Whee!

  Have I mentioned that I am never bored??

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