BBs and Cafeteria Toast

My 11-year-old daughter is in her second year of 4-H Project S.A.F.E. BB program competition. We've practiced every week since September, and today is the day: State Competition.

My husband and I are in the scoring room for the duration. This year, the program has grown to 580+ 5th-8th grade shooters. Which means we have to score almost 2400 targets (24,000 bullseyes)! The number of participants this year is a record. Of course, we won't be scoring these alone. Plenty of parent volunteers will be scoring. Thank you, volunteers! Keith is the "Chief Statistical Officer," and I'm the data-entry clerk. We both enjoy the jobs, but we won't see our daughter shoot; I think she prefers this. She never wants me on the line with her during competition, and I can live with that. Instead the team coach will be on the firing line with her.

I walked over to the new dining hall at 7:15 this morning for some Rock Eagle toast. It is a beautiful building featuring stone and copper siding. I'm going to go back later today to take a picture of the copper siding while it is still the color of new copper. In time it will turn green, and of course that is appropriate for the 4-H camp! By the way, the toast is still hard and good. No one else likes it, but I do. I suppose that's another reason why I am a teacher--I love cafeteria toast.