9 May 2014

May already

Has it been a month? Time flies when you're having fun(?). A lot has happen since last time.

We have two cats now, Whiskey and Vino, and they settled in almost immediately. I've grown up with cats. It's been close to 10 years since Ginger passed on and I'm glad to have cats driving me crazy again.

The Scout troop is growing. When I first took over there were only 4 Scouts and the parents of 3 of those were leaders of the group's Beavers or Cubs. We are now up to 7, with at least one more joining in a couple of weeks (when the family get back from holidays). Combine that with 3 more coming up from Cubs in September and 5th Douglas is going to have a healthy Scout Troop.

Tomorrow we are taking part in Jamboree on the Trail. JOTT is an annual day for the World Scout Movement to hike together. The Scouts in the Isle of Man are going from Douglas to Peel (if you know the island), a total of 10.5 miles. The average age of the troop is 11 (only one is older at 14) and this will be the farthest hike any of them have done (the Cubs are doing 5 miles), so this may get interesting;
    "Can we stop for a rest?
    "We just started 15 minutes ago."



I must be a glutton for punishment. I'm thinking about starting another blog (possibly hosted on a personal domain) focused on programming and development. Info when available. I can sleep on the weekend, just not this weekend. I'm busy.