Of Ants, Federal Employees, and Getting To The Point
Starting about this time last week, we noticed a fairly large ant infestation around our sink in the kitchen. We did our best to keep the sink clean, dishes out of it, and so forth, but to no avail. Sam started to make noises about buying ant poison on Monday, and I wanted to avoid that. So yesterday, when they were out in full force, I grabbed an empty spray bottle, pour dishwashing liquid in it, added water, shook, and proceded to become a serial killer of ants. After my first initial killing spree, I had to assassinate a few renegades from time to time during the afternoon and into the evening. Today, however, has been blissfully ant free. As a bonus, the sink and the surrounding counter got a decent scrubbing. Hooray for regular old detergent!
I've been waiting on a package to arrive since the first of May, when I placed my order. I still don't know what's going on with it. This anticipation, however, has made me even more in tune with the mail than usual. I noticed about three weeks ago that we had a new mail carrier. A few days later, I found mail in the mailbox around 2 pm (reasonable for our mail to have been delivered, with our old carrier), but then saw the truck go down the street later and deliver more mail. To say the least, I was perplexed. It happened again another day, even though I knew that time that I had seen the mail carrier put the mail into our box the day before!
Today, however, I went out to get the mail, came in, sorted it, and was about to sit down when I saw the mail truck go back down the other side of the street. The side that gets mail before my side. Then it pulled into my driveway, turned around, and the carrier put something NEW in my mailbox. Which I then had to go retrieve.
No wonder I haven't gotten my package. >:
I joined a mailing list for Brownie Leaders at some point in the last week. It all blurs together. In reading the list, though, I feel like maybe some people are missing the point of the program. They talk about doing patch swaps for the various councils (apparently a realignment is coming or something) and getting patches made that aren't GSUSA patches, in order to have more patches to put on the sash or vest. They talk about how many Try-Its their girls have earned, or their older daughters versus their younger daughters. There is very little talk about how the girls have learned from their experiences, whether or not there is progression, whether or not the girls are deciding more and more of what the troop does (GirlVoice), how much service their girls provide... the Girl Scout program was never supposed to be about the 'stuff.' Many of these people, however, only seem concerned about the stuff.
I've been waiting on a package to arrive since the first of May, when I placed my order. I still don't know what's going on with it. This anticipation, however, has made me even more in tune with the mail than usual. I noticed about three weeks ago that we had a new mail carrier. A few days later, I found mail in the mailbox around 2 pm (reasonable for our mail to have been delivered, with our old carrier), but then saw the truck go down the street later and deliver more mail. To say the least, I was perplexed. It happened again another day, even though I knew that time that I had seen the mail carrier put the mail into our box the day before!
Today, however, I went out to get the mail, came in, sorted it, and was about to sit down when I saw the mail truck go back down the other side of the street. The side that gets mail before my side. Then it pulled into my driveway, turned around, and the carrier put something NEW in my mailbox. Which I then had to go retrieve.
No wonder I haven't gotten my package. >:
I joined a mailing list for Brownie Leaders at some point in the last week. It all blurs together. In reading the list, though, I feel like maybe some people are missing the point of the program. They talk about doing patch swaps for the various councils (apparently a realignment is coming or something) and getting patches made that aren't GSUSA patches, in order to have more patches to put on the sash or vest. They talk about how many Try-Its their girls have earned, or their older daughters versus their younger daughters. There is very little talk about how the girls have learned from their experiences, whether or not there is progression, whether or not the girls are deciding more and more of what the troop does (GirlVoice), how much service their girls provide... the Girl Scout program was never supposed to be about the 'stuff.' Many of these people, however, only seem concerned about the stuff.