Our girls are involved in Scouting and I love helping out with their troop.
- We are able to participate in some really cool events and help out with community service projects.
It makes for great life lessons for the girls too. As one of the perks of volunteering, we get to go on trips and overnights to some interesting places. Last month we were invited to spend the night at our local science museum and take advantage of the planetarium. We were all really excited about the whole event. They set up a room where we could all sleep on the floor in sleeping bags. That part wasn’t as exciting for me, but, I looked forward to spending time with the girls. When we arrived everything seemed great and we started the evening with tour of the entire museum. The show at the planetarium would have been great if it wasn’t so stuffy. I seemed like we were all stuck in the auditorium for hours watching the star show while feeling like we couldn’t breathe. We asked the staff member if there was a problem with the HVAC system and they said that they normally didn’t have it running in the auditorium. They said that the roof of the room opened up so that on very clear nights guests could sit comfortably and watch the stars. For that reason, climate control was usually not needed or practicle. I was really not happy with that answer and tried to sit back and enjoy the rest of the show. I was glad when it ended and we were able to head back to the room where were supposed to sleep. At least it was perfectly air conditioned. Sleeping on the floor wasn’t so bad when I could at least be cool and comfortable.