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October 28, 2008
Moving up the ladder
I'm recovering from hosting Jamie's Daisy troop tonight. I'm ever amazed at how instantly comfortable kids you've never met before are with other people's things. It's like they truly believe that the whole world just belongs to them.
That said, the meeting went well. Jamie threw one little fit, and Katie lost it when she was left out of an activity, (but quickly recovered. Color me impressed.) but otherwise there were no tears, no blood, what needed to be accomplished was, and it only took me ten minutes to get the house back in order. Success, in my book.
And that success is somehow a little more important, now that I've been "promoted" to co-leader. Last Tuesday afternoon, the now-former co-leader called me to ask if I could step up. She was just too busy, and just couldn't get help with her younger two kids often enough to get things accomplished for the troop.
I feel her pain.
All of a sudden, what was going to be an hour or so every other week, plus some outings on the side, has become much more. And yet, I'm not all that upset about it. I had already sort of stuck my finger in the pie on my own. Besides, I like the leader, our daughters like each other, and friends are always welcome.
Someone remind me of all that before the next meeting, since it's going to be at my house again.
Posted by me at October 28, 2008 10:04 PM