Polishing amber and 4-H

Last summer, I bought half a dozen chunks of raw amber and different grades of sandpaper to polish them with during Canalfest specifically for this month's Cub Scout theme - Indian Nations. A bit pricey, but was okay since I needed so few kits. My Bears would polish the amber and make amulets out of them as a special den project.

I hadn't counted on 7 webelos tagging along with my den.

I'm trying to decide whether or not to call the vendor to try to get the extra amber to cover my Webelos. If I do, my special den project will have cost me an obscene amount of money, at least as far as Scout projects go. If I don't, I've wasted what I already invested. :-(

Up for today...Prepping for Scouts, volunteering at the hospital, then scout meetings tonight.

Tomorrow's 4-H, but only if I figure out why the robotics software isn't displaying properly. I'm so mad about 4-H right now (and have been for months) that I just want to quit, anyway. I've pretty much decided TO quit once robotics is done. Our new 4-H educator is pushing project record books (so much it's now a requirement for fair) and has been scheduling leader mtgs...Which is all fine, well and good, but 4-H is supposed to be my NO STRESS activity. If some of the kids don't want to do record books, I'm not going to hold a gun on them. And leader mtgs...why? Everything I've done with 4-H over the past 3 yrs has been ON MY OWN. Help from the extension ofc has been marginal, at best, and I have enough leader mtgs to get myself to already, thanks so much.

If I can't figure out the display problems in robotics, I may cancel 4-H and quit altogether now instead of later. The other family in our club would be fine, could join another club (though having to pay dues and for their project record books would be a rude awakening for them - I pay for everything for our 4-H club). And I could get my kids into a club on MY side of town, where they could do it with their friends and I wouldn't have to be the stupid leader.

We'll see.