weekend wanderings

I'm fairly active and it's been a week since this walk-a-thon thing my employer is doing and I think I hate walking already. It doesn't help that I walk fast and when I don't do it on a trend mill as I didn't the nights I circled the block like a vulture, I get shin splints. And since I've been doing that nearly everyday they aren't getting better. It's also been a challenge to fit it in between rain storms. But the dog is enjoying it. Enough complaining, we did something new this weekend. Now that Nathan is in scouts we went to the Scout-o-Rama. I've never heard of this and we were supposed to sell tickets to it, but it's hard to sell something you don't understand. It won't be hard next year. This was an amazing event. The entire expo center was filled with booths and all were activities a kid could do. They learned to tie knots and made their own rope, learned about wind and maps and rocks and minerals and on and on. There were areas to earn badges and patches and belt loops. The scout had fun as did the rest of us. My favorite was a booth about hypothermia (lots of safety and preparedness booths as well). I always wondered about falling through the ice somewhere and how cold the water would be and how you react. At this booth, you plunged your arm into ice cold water for 30 seconds and then tried to pick up pennies. I almost pulled my arm out it was so cold and I started a bit late so I really only had about 28 seconds. I actually picked up four pennies which was better than the others I'd seen but I was amazed by how physically painful the cold is. I hope I never experience that again.