Trail Talk – 12/29/25

Good afternoon Troop 244!!!

Happy Monday! Happy almost the end of 2025!! Crazy to think, isn’t it? I hope that you all had great Christmas celebrations last week with your families or holiday celebrations if you are not one to celebrate Christmas! I hope you spent time with family and are maybe getting a chance to spend time with friends as well. I am going to be completely honest with everyone; I have been pretty much a waste this last week+. I have gotten very little done outside of visiting people, spending time with family and resting. I have been so tired and have just had no motivation to do much of anything else, including scout stuff. So, I am hoping to do more this week and you might hear a little more from me this next week. I hope that you all enjoy the transition from 2025 into 2026 in a couple of days. May this next year be filled with laughter, fun, adventure and learning!

IMPORTANT NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THIS WEEK:

 NO TROOP MEETINGS – There is NO Troop meeting, tomorrow, Tuesday December 30. We will see you NEXT WEEK on January 6th for our next troop meeting!

 MERIT BADGES –I will be working on merit badge classes this week to see who needs what merit badge. If you did not finish a merit badge from last session, you will stay in that one until you get it done or can do no more on it at troop meetings. You will then see me to be put in a new merit badge class.

Registration – If you have not reregistered yet, I sent out emails last week to individuals asking about registration. If I have not heard back from you yet, either myself, or Sherry, need to hear back from you!

JANUARY CAMPOUT: PIONEER SCOUT RESERVATION – JANUARY 16TH – 18TH, 2026.  $45 per scout, $20 per adult. You can still sign up for this campout through Zeffy! Right now, we have about 13 adults and scouts signed up. The boys are currently winning the nice cabin! Girls, get in there and sign up! I WILL BE EMAILING ABOUT THIS CAMPOUT AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK! LOOK FOR THAT INFORMATION!

 Troop 244 Payment Portal – Zeffy. Our Zeffy page remains open for you to make payments or by troop merch! Wanna pay for the campout, Pictured Rocsk, SwampBase, Registration, etc. Go to the following link: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/ae9ef6d1-d95d-497f-bbb2-628736bd4b03?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2JxFwNYscci1euCT8Pe2CU0xH82wHLqKJ_k7xvHpOi_cTzmUBCmfzkB_0_aem_Xl9toW0W0_LleQxg1UYLpg

 Scoutmaster Minute  – RESOLUTION – I had a friend of mine ask me the other day what my New Year’s resolutions are for the new year, 2026. To be quite frank with you all, I have never been one to be into new year’s resolutions. Mostly because I have found that I make a resolution and then about two weeks into the new year, I would break it without any thought or guilt about it. I also find that a lot of the New Year’s resolutions that people make are often stereotypical ones; to lose weight, to save money, to make a better work/life balance, etc. They are all ones that, while important, are easy to break as well. I think that is the hardest thing with making a resolution is the discipline that it takes to keep it. My friend, the other night, was telling me that one of his resolutions for the new year was to create a more organized, more structured routine for his day, both in his personal life and in his work life. Not necessarily a work life balance but more of creating a routine and sticking to it. I realized that is something I need to do and then I started thinking about all the things that I really “need” to do and how I could make every single one of them into a resolution. My friend then suggested another resolution, that “resonated” with me greatly and that was; “let’s make a resolution to hang out more often(him and me) in this new year” and that right there is a resolution that I could get behind. I think relationships are so important with family, with friends, with members of your scout troop and/or community, with your teammates or fellows cast members and whatever community you are a part of. While you won’t find me making resolutions this year, I will definitely get  behind things like spending more time with my family and friends. If I were to make resolutions, I would make ones that last more than just 2026 but go beyond that. Those relationship resolutions are probably amongst the most important ones for that. I hope that you have resolutions that are as solid and unyielding throughout the year.

This is just not a motto; this is a FACT:

“What Troop Does More!!” – 244!!!