
Now, if they hadn't all been trained Program Assistants with 10+ years each under their belts as girl scouts, I wouldn't have let them go solo. But, because are - I figured it wouldn't come back to haunt me. It probably would have been a good idea to tell the girls that I hadn't actually registered for the event though. They showed up expecting a table for our display, and because I'd spaced it, they had to explain who they were, why I wasn't there, etc. etc. I apologized to the Event gal later (she forgave me).

Typically, Thinking Day is an event to teach our girls that there are other girl scouts all around the world just like them, doing the girl scout program. Our usual way to do this in our area is to have an event where each troop decides on a country to present. They learn about the country, dress up in traditional (or close to it) clothing, and offer some kind of food that's supposed to be popular there. In the past, we've presented on Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Germany again, etc. We invite various exchange students that are attending our local high schools (through AFS), and we usually have somewhere like 150 girls attend. It's a fun thing. In fact, my girls like it so well, they never even considered not going, even though I was sick!

Everyone had a good time, and the travel bug girl scout doll was handed over to Katelyn, who is going to Pax Lodge in London, a Girl Scout World Center, later this month. She will drop her in a cache somewhere at Pax Lodge, and hopefully, another troop will grab her soon & get her over to Switzerland, where she's trying to go! Whoo Hoo!
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