Last year, being new to robotics, I didn't do much outside of the designated meeting times. This year, I am in charge of my own little team, so it's been a little more intense.
Grace spent Sunday afternoon helping me build (and rebuild some of) the missions that they didn't finish at build night. She was able to work independently for most of the day, and I was glad for her help, because I would not have finished alone.
We can't bring the robot home, so after subbing one day, I attempted to put the pieces together so that we could jump straight into programming this week. The sides were not properly assembled (I had to leave to get Emily and William from their robotics in the middle, since it was a Thursday) and the teacher mentors were trying to help my team and all the other team leaders.
In any case, I stayed late, and the twins helped me rebuild the robot. Only a few pieces were misplaced it turned out, but you have to start from scratch to figure it out, when someone else did the original build.
I also spent a few hours making badges to pass out at the event, like other schools do. I used up the leftover badge lapel pins from our Fallout party, and was going to buy more in smaller sizes before Billy's layoff, but now I'm in money conservation mode, so people can take little wooden stars instead, if they'd like. = )
Twin power, helping put away the tables!
I'm feeling very hopeful about this season, now that we are finally to the programming piece!
later days
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