Amazing Beginnings

Even though we had OVs yesterday, if I don't talk about the Science Museum I will lose my mind. Last Saturday I attended the OVs at Speedway and Plainfield. Brittany Winebar let me ride with her and her Bethel #34 girls- Carolyn and Sophie. After the OV at Plainfield, we headed down to the Louisville Science Center for an overnight. Unfortunately because of the Official Visits we didn't get there until the classes downstairs were almost over. There was a great turnout with over 100 participants. I was really happy to see Bethels take advantage of the great opportunity. After a group snack, we split up to do the scavenger hunt.

Dispute my overly competitive nature, we didn't develop a great system for the scavenger hunt until later in the game. We did, however, develop a group call so we no longer needed to stick together. When one of us found the answer to a question we yelled out, "ka-kaw." We were judged for it, but I believe those judgments stemmed from jealousy. After the scavenger hunt- which we did not win- but was won by Bethels from Louisville and Jeffersonville, we watched an IMAX movie. I feel like they may have had the upperhand and potentially practiced before we arrived. One day it will come time to play Disney Scene-It and that is a battle you will lose. You lose that battle 9 times out of 10. Back to the Museum...

The Best Part of the Night. After the movie, everyone got their bags, pillows and blankets and picked a part of the museum to sleep in. You can literally sleep anywhere, which I thought was really cool. Brittany, Carolyn, and Sophie brought me to our sleeping location that they had found earlier, the Amazing Beginnings Room. Imagine with me. The room was enclosed with windows on the left. The image of a baby was blown up on the window. On the other side of the room were tubules with replications of developing fetuses. One of the tubes was empty though so that does raise the question of Alien Abduction. There was a light illuminating the tubules that changed color periodically. And while I have captured the room through images, there is no documentation that can truly describe the noise in the room. Over the sound system, we listened to what a baby listens to all night- some classical music, their heartbeat and their parents talking indistinctly.

The next morning we all shared a quick breakfast then left to head back to Indianapolis. It was a great event and I'm glad so many people were able to attend. Thank you to Julie Cox for organizing the event.