Still no witty title, maybe later

Long time since I updated, sorry about that, things have been really crazy here, I do apologize.  The weather has been pretty good up here.  Hot and humid though.  We finally got some more rain today, which was much needed.  We had a nice layer of dust over everything, which got washed away thankfully.

Things have been really stressful lately, but it comes with the job I suppose.  We did pass national inspection, the sixth year in a row with a perfect score.  Our banner is hung and we’re all official.  Hooray!  My fingers are pretty sore and cut up from all the work, but it comes with the territory I suppose.  I also have to say that Excel has this awful way of closing all instances of itself when you try to close one by using the trop toolbar, not the one right below it.  We’re also using Microsoft’s SharePoint software, and I’m getting the hang of it.  It allows us to share documents and information, and is generally a good program, it would be nice if we could get the camps to have it as well, but maybe in the future if we have the money and time.

Jeff found a box turtle at Ohiopyle, he named it Roadie since he found it on the road, now it lives at Freedom Eco-Con.  And speaking of names, we’ve named our copier Konnie, our printer Huey and my computer “The News.”

In other animal news, I saw the white buffalo last weekend.  One in ten million is supposedly born that way, and it is a sign of peace and unity.  I headed up to the zoo here on the mountain to see it, and of course, took lots of pictures which I’ll upload at a later date.  It was a bit strange through because there were so many white animals in the zoo, seemed a bit coincidental…or maybe suspicious.

I then headed into U-town with some friends, we walked around the mall for a bit (I looked for the next book in the series I’m reading, but Borders didn’t have it).  One of my friends ended up walking out of the mall with a very nice picture frame for opening a Zales account.  I talked with the sales clerks about getting people to open charge accounts and how much it sucks.

Some more news coming out of U-Town: I will occasionally pick up the construction workers on our green channel here at camp, which is interesting, seeing as they swear a lot, and our radios on that channel are around scouts.

We had a group of Israeli scouts stop by here last week on their Friendship Caravan tour.  It wasn’t as educational as I had hoped it would be, and I was hoping we would learn more about the culture, but it was a huge hit, so that is good I suppose.  The troop of five guys and five girls did a series of dances and songs, like what you would see in music videos I suppose.  A lot of the songs were Disney covers, and Spongebob was in the mix too.  They did do a traditional wedding song, and explained the cultural significance of that, which was good.  Camp Freedom was presented with a neckerchief for their dining hall, and afterwards, they went out to Lonestar with a friend of mine, who witnessed them experience gravy for the first time (they really didn’t like it).

I would also like to report that the trading post this year is stocking 3 Musketeers at my suggestion (I’ve made a couple other marketing suggestions, including doing a “lucky plate day” version of nacho baskets and a 20/20 promotion to get rid of some of the 20th anniversary books).

I visited one of my Packs while they were up here.  They had a blast, and were really complimentary of the whole place.  I’ll be helping them out in the fall with a recruiting night, so that is good, and everything else seems to be fine with them, so I’m happy to see that.

Matt was up this week, I actually had dinner with his troop tonight (I’m Central CQ so I figured I could get this writing done), which was very nice.  I hung out with a lot of people and had some good food.

I watched Bruce Almighty the other night, and it was amazing.  I want to see it again, and highly suggest it.

In news from the interwebs my camera is today’s Woot! deal (I highly suggest it, it’s a good camera, and you get the dock as well).  Also, I read a story discussing how San Francisco will be banning bottled water for its employees, stating that they could save a ton of money if their employees drank tap water, which is just as good as bottled water.  I’m very glad for this decision, not only will it be a huge money saver, but really, tap water is just as good.

And in some personal news, I finished (or at least reached my 20,000 word count) my script for Script Frenzy!  I’m an official “world premier” winner!  I think it’s amazing that I could do that in a month while getting Heritage open for the summer.  So here is my official winner’s badge:

Ok, that’s it for now, I’m off to the infirmary to sleep and read for the night (and answer phones, radio calls and take care of emergencies), catch everyone later – I’ll be home briefly this weekend, give me a call!