Little disappointments in life.

Cameron did not win state FBLA president. He is a little disappointed. He did however, qualify for the national contest in Anaheim later in the summer! (Oh goody! more fundraising!!!). He was one of 7 kids from his chapter to qualify.
He doesn't want to talk about the loss yet.....he is understandably not pleased. I will say I am incredibly proud of him. Putting yourself out there, publicly announcing all your ideas, and being open to having your ideas criticized are not easy things. Taking the chance impresses me.

In our district, 5th graders attend Starbase for their field trip. It is 5 days of science at Forbes field. For whatever reason, All of our kids hate this field trip. Quincy has been dreading it for weeks because the older kids all told her how "awful" it is. She goes for 5 Thursdays in a row, and the first day was this week. She begged to stay home. She was absolutely grumpy about it. I gave her the standard mom lecture about things being what you make of them. And to please go in with a good attitude and try to learn something. She came home Thursday and told me "mom I DID learn something today!" I said oh yeah? That's awesome! What was it? She responded with "star base was just as awful as I thought it was going to be.....!!!" Gonna be a long month I fear!

Go time

Today was the day to set up the campaign booth at the state FBLA conference. All the art work that we have been working on, all the planning and ideas coming together was fun to see! Luckily the state conference is in Topeka, so that is extremely convenient! I ran up to help him set up when I got done with the bus route.

Cameron and I were both pleased with it. I was surprised at how many kids had professional grade vinyl banners and booths set up! I said something to Cameron about it, and he told me he is running a campaign based on ideas and goals and believes that is the best way to win.

One thing I noticed was how many people Cameron legitimately knew! Tons of kids, and adults from all over the state. He was not only visiting with them and knew what things they were Involved with, but he was telling me where they were from, and how he knew them. He seems to know everyone!

Cameron and his advisor Connie Lindell took a moment to pose in Kelsey's photo booth. Kelsey is from Santa Fe trail and is running for state secretary. She is a good friend of Cameron's.
Connie Lindell was my FBLA advisor when I was in high school. She also was my typing teacher (and I am told they don't teach a typing class any more!). She loves Cameron and has been a great influence on him. She is also retiring at the end of this school year. We are sad and tried to talk her into staying for Cam's senior year. She says she's just ready and it's time. We will miss her for sure!