"...to help other people,..."

So the other night I was walking along, heading to guides. Those of you who know me, I'm sure, are nodding your heads at the fact that I have yet to fix my bike. What makes this interesting though is I'm walking along carrying groceries, rather more than I had intended. I had two different people, one of the girls' parents and one of the other guiders stop and offer me rides. (Yes, this means I didn't take them. In my defense the rides were offered when I was almost all the way there). The amusing part? This is the first time I've had people stop for me on the way to guides, and I've been walking all winter.

It's nice to know that people do look out for each other. And nice to know that they'll still keep talking to me after I refuse a ride.

Thank you!

I am just going to take a few minutes out from insanely working on my Real Time OS project (read: waiting to figure out what work I can do now) to announce that an anonymous donor has subsidised programmes with the Grand River Conservation Authority to almost 50% for Guiding and Scouting groups. The fact that I doubt my girls will take advantage of this doesn't change the fact that I think it's a) really nice that someone would do something for kids like this and b) it's a really good way to spend money - educating our youth on conservation and water for tomorrow.