Everyday I work hard / At night I spend restless time / Those rich kids and all their lazy money / They can't hold a candle to mine

It's Girl Scout cookie season again! The sale started today. We're taking pre-orders until the 27th. My girls are excited. I hope we sell a fuck ton of cookies. I really want the girls to be able to go camping. We need to sell about seventy-five boxes per girl to make that happen. Part of the reason we need to sell so many boxes is because the girls have decided to make a charitable donation of $100.00 to the Natural Resources Defense Council. The girls picked this charity after doing a little research. We made a list and then voted. The Heifer Project came in second, and maybe we'll donate to them next year. The girls always want to donate to everyone. I always have to talk them down to a $100.00 donation to just one place. They really, really want to go camping this year (we could only afford to go bowling last year), but they are so generous. I hope we meet our goals this year. Most of the girl in my troop have never even seen a real city park let alone a camp ground. Speaking of camp grounds, I am going to an adult retreat with other Girl Scout leaders in February. This should be interesting. I don't really blend with the other leaders in our community. First of all, outside of the leaders who meet in my immediate circle, I'm the only one without a kid of my own. Aesthetically, I stick out like a sore thumb, too. I've had multiple concerned leaders ask me if something happened in reference to my hair color. I'm pretty sure we don't listen to the same music, shop the same stores, eat the same food, or vote for the same candidates, but we all really care about the girls and that's what most interests me. They're all fairly nice people (some are really nice), though, and I love camping, so this should be fun. (I hope!)