Diane and I spent a good part of the day at Earthkeep getting Fluffy ready to roll again. Diane, Mary a, Wiki and I went through  all the cables  and cleaned them. We checked the labels, and grouped them by channel,. and  verified the position of all the cable ends on the bus. .. FIanlly i wired the computer and octo back together and tested it.. We’re ready to put her together again. 

I cant wait to see her light up !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Today was our first FIRST Lego League scrimmage ! we had hundreds of of kids and their robots in the Shelbourne Community school. It was amazing  to see all the excitement and creativity.  The school was also filled with dedicated adults : parents, coaches, judges. Its a magical combination !

Thanks to  our state coordinator Joe and our Board.our Organization FIRST in VT has doubled the number of Vermont kids participating in FIRST

 

I left so inspired..  I think you would to .. 
We have several more of these scrimmages and competitions coming through the year.. I’ll try to announce them ahead of time. 

Late this afternoon Diane, Jen. Tim. Deb and I headed to Waterbury for the annual festival of lights. It was a beautiful night with a dusting of snow.  before the parade, the town turned off the street lights.. then the town filled with lights.  Kids and adults walked through carrying handmade lanterns. Some were simple. some  were mazingly complicated. 

 

The parade had such a nice feel. 

As soon as it was over, we headed back to Richmond .

Our friend Gizzo and Lauren joined us for chili and stinky cheese !

 

nice night !

nite all, nite sam

-me

It’s december !.. As is my tradition, I start leaning in to my inner Santa.. DIane and I took an early morning hike up to Duxbury Window in full regalia 🙂 

 

Work was pretty interesting today.. We had an important group meeting.. all crammed into Katie’s office.. I love these folks. 

 

Beta loves dogs.. Today I got to know Leia .. my friend Prof Y’s dog.. She looked surprised to meet me. 

 

One quick throwback. .. my phone shows a picture from some day in the past. Today it was a great picture of my good friend Aaron standing at the top of the flamethrower on fluffy..   Look at that smile !

 

Nite all, nite sam

-me