Girl Scouts Leadership Lesson #2
Man, that camping trip was endless. And unfortunately, the tick incident (lesson #1) was within the first 90 minutes. So many more opportunities to learn about leadership were too be had. Endless opportunities. Endless. Opportunities.
After our walk through the woods and subsequent hour of tick extraction, we settled into camp. Actually, the arrangements were kind of cool. There were different accommodations within the camp: a lodge, covered wagons and A-frames, and areas for pitching tents. We snagged the A-frames, thank God. Did I mention camping is not my thing? There were a lot of dead bugs on the floor and the plastic covered mattresses, but hey, at least these were dead. I felt lucky that my daughter and I were bunking together, just the two of us. Too bad that didn’t last. Oh wait, I’m getting ahead of myself. Consider that comment foreshadowing.
The leader was trying to corral the girls into a craft activity, so the other assistant leader and I got to setting up the camp. Last week I mentioned the sheer volume of camping gear, right? Who’d have thought lunch would be so time consuming? Oh, right. The pioneers.
Apparently there’s a robust tradition of camp cooking within the Girl Scouts. Cookbooks full of tradition, even. Unfortunately, tradition comes with drudgery. Cooking in the pioneer days was tedious. We didn’t go whole hog, of course. There were cans to be opened. But I’m a convenience kind of gal. I see no shame in cake mix. And simplicity is critical.
Yes, you could say that opening cans is convenient. But foil packs over charcoal are NOT convenient. Lord, lunch took us three hours. To cook. I mean really, it was ridiculous. Then we needed to start on dinner.
The silver lining? I got to know my other co-assistant leader. We learned to play to our individual strengths. The moaning and complaining from the girls did not abate, but we found that we could divide and conquer. Certain girls worked on my last nerve. Lucky for us, those girls were easily handled by my partner in crime.
What’s the lesson here? Look for the opportunities to build a diverse team. Because those things that don’t come naturally to you (like patience when faced with incessant whining) may come easily to another team member (thank God). You can present a united front and even endure an endless weekend camping with middle-schoolers.
Share the load. That was just one of the leadership lessons I learned that weekend. Oh, and if you are Googling foil packets, don’t. For God’s sake, buy some bread, some lunch meat or peanut butter, and some apples. Put on some bug spray and enjoy nature.
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