Barb's Burblings

Yes, I did recognize the songs mentioned

This story in today's Post about teenage Girl Scouts caught my attention because I, too, was still a Girl Scout in high school. The only reason I quit was because we moved after 10th grade, and I wasn't motivated to try and find a troop in Montana. We called it our "secret club." One of the girls in the story finds out that some of her friends are also Girl Scouts; in my case, there was only one troop for senior Scouts in our town, so we knew each other. And we did do some fundraising activities in public, so it wasn't terribly secret. But it definitely wasn't something we proclaimed.

And it's silly, really. Girl Scouts only gets more awesome as you get older. In middle school we started going on trips right after school ended--Martha's Vineyard, a dude ranch, the Jersey shore. A group from my troop when to an international Scouting event in England after 9th grade. You get to do cool projects. The only part that sucks is selling cookies, which I always hated.

Although I admit that when we got a bit older, we did have a bit of attitude. We never would've gone to something like the Sing-a-Long that took place this weekend (and yes, I certainly noticed the Girl Scouts running around town lately--the matching shirts are a tip-off). There was one weekend that Hershey Park had a "Girl Scouts Weekend" with discounted entry, and everyone camped at a nearby campground. There were campfire activities with singing and such. My troop? Went to Pizza Hut.