A Little Break

The littles actually went out to play.  I thought for sure the rain last week was going to keep us inside for the rest of the season.  It did not.  The nice weather returned and both kids went to find others to play with.  So nice when that happens.
I have talked about how the little woman has anxiety.  She is also highly sensitive.  Tastes, smells, feels.  So she is a very picky eater.  Very picky.  And I am happy and thrilled when ever I can get her to eat some healthy food in a day.  So last summer she was a little excited to go on the girl scout campout up at BG Lake.  That is until the girls voted on what they were going to eat.  Once that was decided she decided it was not worth it to go.  She would just be hungry the whole time.  I was just about to suggest to her that she could bring her own food......when a post went up in the fb group for her troop that no girl was allowed to bring their own food.  Well shucks.  Since all the other girls had voted for what they would eat....the comment seemed aimed at the little woman.
I know she is a handful.  Her anxiety makes her bounce off walls at times.  The new meds seem to be helping with that.
The last couple of meetings she has opted not to go.  I think there is more going on there than I am told.  And that just seems to be the story of my life.  But I don't press her because of her anxiety.  I let her know when meetings are and then ask her the day of if she is going.  So this last week posts came up about the play the troop will be doing for the sr. living community where the meetings are held.  There was a comment made about if you can't attend all the meetings between now and then it will be hard for them to plan the play.  And I get that.  It just feels like maybe it is too hard to accommodate the girl with anxiety.
So today I read the posts about the play to her.  Then I asked her about it and she immediately said she didn't want to do it at all.  She is ready to quit girl scouts completely.  It makes me sad, but I'm not going to force her. She is pretty much excluded a lot anyway and sometimes it is her choice.  None of the girls from her troop are in her class anymore. None of them have gone out of their way to invite her to anything in the last year.  No play dates, no sleep overs, no parties.  And I guess that is okay.  My little woman doesn't understand about personal boundaries and gives way too many hugs. 
It's just our life.