My day today

Well, this day has been generally nice for me. I managed to get 100% on an Algebra test that I'd been rather dreading for the past week. As well, we had a generally good scout meeting tonight.

The meeting tonight was well attended (for us), with 8 boys there. We spent most of the time working with our troop's Klondike sled. This is a skis and wheel sled, which is effectively a large scalene triangle, with half of a 50-gallon plastic drum functioning as a seat and storage area, attached with bungees. The whole thing is pulled by all of us in the troop, tugging on an old rope ladder serving as the sled traces. Anyway, we had to put on a new cross-brace on the back, since the old one had broken. Also, we needed to replace a couple of axle holders. The old ones had cracked, so we pulled them out, and were drilling holes for the axle, when we found out the two drills were almost out of battery power. We'll end up finishing the work this saturday. Lastly, we cleaned and waxed the sled's skis. Hopefully, this work will give us an edge this year in the Klondike Derby, competing against other local scout troops.

That's pretty much been my day. We're getting up early tomorrow to head up to Defiance, OH, for a funeral, and there's prayer meeting tomorrow night, so I might not have time for a post tomorrow.

Good night!