My DDs have been going for a few years. During Covid their units moved their meetings online. The Leaders are older so I gather Zoom was an especially steep learning curve but they've managed incredibly well. And I am so utterly stunned at how they have done over a year's worth of meetings, given so much of themselves (even dropping off activity packs and print outs to me each week because we don't have a printer). They've been such a constant for my DDs and I couldn't be more grateful and in awe.
And here's where I sound like an ungrateful bitch... instead of having an hour or two one to one time with them each week (or occasionally a few hours to myself) online meetings has meant that I spend my time dicking around with my least favourite thing - finicky and messy activities. I'm just awful and so impatient with this stuff. Inevitably my youngest has a tantrum if the task doesn't go to plan. The mess and time and sh1t I now have to clean up! And there's a list of items they need each week that I always seem to be scrabbling around trying to find (I need to be more organised but as I say, I'm awful at this stuff).
I had to set up a virtual camp from home over a summer and spend all weekend ahdering to a schedule helping them make fires, craft things, bake things, set up sleeping bags, clear up so much mess afterwards.
I don't know how to say this without seeming hideous. I'll miss these times with my DDs when they're gone but also... it's the thing I'm worst at. Safe to say that pre-pandemic, I didn't appreciate just what angels the Leaders are and how much they do for us. They should seriously charge more for subs!