Scouting Saturday

Today was the Pinewood Derby at school. We had a lot of fun there. I don't know the final count was, but I think we had a good turnout.
We got there around 8:45 for check in. They weighed and measured our car, then took it and added it to our class for the race. Once you've checked in, you're free to go. I talked to one of the parents in our Den for a few minutes, then we left and went to have breakfast and do some chores. We came back at 10:30, which was in time for the end of the Wolves and beginning of the Bears. That was fun. Our car was a solid second place car in every heat it ran in, until the semi-finals. At that point, it fell to a faster car. Overall, it was a lot of fun.

There were no "injuries" to the car--the wheels stayed on the car, nothing broke. Yay. The only thing that happened was that the software hiccuped but we worked through that. Our next step is to plan for the Scouting for Food, and the various things that are going on. We have our Pack Meeting on Tuesday and then I have to go to Round Table on Thursday. Round Table, I'm finding, is a lot of fun. It's an hour or so of games, then they have breakout sessions to help plan for things like Blue and Gold (the banquet to celebrate Scouting and the Crossing Over of the Weebelos to Boy Scouts), campouts, etc. Busy, busy!!

Tomorrow I'm staying home and doing NOTHING. I want to relax and rest.

Heading to Pinewood

Pinewood Derby is Saturday. We are ready. We have two cars, but only one of them is painted. If I was smart, I'd get the second car painted and have it ready to go. The first car is a green color, called "green goddess" by Valspar. It's a nice, light green. The car now has flames on the sides and "eyes" near the nose end of it. There's a sticker that says "Hot rod" on the back. Overall, it's a cute car.
Aidan likes it. We are taking it to the school for a pre-race inspection and weight. I might let him run it on the track for a few tests to make sure it runs well. After that, it's back home and time to rest and get ready for Saturday.

I went to martial arts tonight to just let them know that I'm around and still planning on coming back to class. I spoke to Master M, Ms. Mad and Ms. S, plus Mr. L. I was very happy to see them. I feel like it was the right decision to go over there. I had hoped to see Master G but he wasn't there. I'll go another night when he is there. In the meantime, now I need to kick my butt back into some workouts so that I can get myself into shape to go back. I feel very confident that this is the place for me. I didn't feel ashamed for being out. They were nice and didn't make me feel bad at all. On the contrary, I felt like I was right where I belonged.

Pinewood Derby procrastination

If you're the parent of a young boy in Cub Scouts, you'll understand when I mention two words that have been on our minds lately...Pinewood Derby.
We have the pinewood blocks that are the cars...or are supposed to be the cars. Saturday is Pinewood. Have we done our car yet? ha! No. My husband picked up a Dremel tool yesterday, but then they didn't do anything with it. They sat on the couch and watched television, played video games and generally goofed off. This is a last minute thing, or so it would seem.
Our assistant Den leader is being kind enough to take our Derby car over to his brother's house to use a band saw to do the rough shape of the car. He said he'll take the axles and polish those for us, plus he'll sand the burrs off the wheels (the burrs are left from the molding when they created them). That pretty much gives us the base sanding and painting/stickering to do with the car. I really appreciate his offer because it means that I don't have to scramble around at the last minute every night this week, ranting and raving that the car isn't done. He has a base design, but he's not sure how it'll be. I'm not either. We sketched out the idea on a piece of paper, but translating that to a block of wood? Yeah we'll see how that works!!

I didn't get my walk in today--so my friend now owes me a cup of coffee. It's a bit chilly outside so I guess that's okay. Next week, we'll have to go either in the afternoon on Saturday or on Sunday morning as Pinewood is Saturday.
I still need to find the charger for my camera's battery so I can take lots of pictures of Pinewood.

Another day

Weigh in was Saturday. That was also the day of the Pinewood Derby for my son's Scout pack. It was a lot of fun. I enjoyed it. He came in fourth overall.

Weigh in? I was up .2 from my last recorded weight. Mind you, I had skipped out on week 21, so I'm technically on week 22, going on 23. Oh well. We have celebrations every meeting to celebrate with everyone their losses. One lady hit goal, one hit Lifetime and then there was the lady who lost **8** pounds in her first week OP. 8 pounds!! I look at my progress as compared to hers and wonder what I'm doing wrong? Am I eating too many carbs like everyone tells me? Do I need to have MORE salad or go totally vegetarian? I'm discouraged by the on again, off again loss. I don't want to let it get to me. I know that everyone has a different way of losing but still...I just want to see great losses like everyone else has. I know, don't compare myself to everyone else, but still...it gets on my nerves. I want to have the fabulous losses I see others having. I hate being a slow, plodding type of loser. I want to have these incredible 30, 40, 50 pound losses! I have been on plan for 22 weeks (23, really!) and haven't lost 20 pounds yet. When am I going to see big changes??

Have the years of yo-yo dieting wreaked havoc on my metabolism to the point where it won't release the weight willingly?? Boot camp twice a week, martial arts classes three times...I want more loss, damnit!