Big News

No Facebook at work and had to wait all day.  Called Mia and Matt before I went into the 15 mile dead zone to hopefully find out if Eric got the job.  Tried again under the traffic light in New Berlin, the only blip of reception before going into another ten mile dead zone.  No answer.  Came in range of the Brookfield tower and got a call from Matt - Eric is now the Scout Executive of the Portland Maine Council, a choice position he was after.  Now Eric and Annie pack up Hannah and Luke for the move to Maine next month.  Eric has wanted his own Boy Scout council for a long time, and now he's got it, after many years of dedication and hard work.  I know Annie helped push the committee over the edge, with her own service to the BSA and all the grant writing she's done for them as a consultant.  I won't get to visit the Dallas Palace this summer as planned.  That's okay - I'm going to love whale watching with Hannah and Luke out of Portland. The family moved from Louisville, Ky., where the kids were born, to Las Vegas, then San Jose, then Dallas, and now Portland, in the service of the BSA.  I suspect Eric will stay here until he retires.  Not a bad place to retire.