Our Cub Scout Pack, Pack 2301 held their Pinewood Derby tonight. Max finished first in his den, but did not place in the pack championship. I was honestly a bit bummed for him. I feel like I should have added additional graphite to his wheels and axles before the pack championship races started. I felt that he responded well to both the highs and the lows. I did not know how I’d feel about this Derby. Max is now an Arrow of Light and this was his last Derby. I’m happy that I got to experience three Pinewood Derby events, but a little sad that I likely will not experience another (unless Adelaide changes her mind about trying Cub Scouts).
We had a scare before the race even started. Max placed his car on the table and it rolled off onto the floor, knocking a wheel and axel out. Unfortunately, the fall also damaged the actual wood around the axel notch. All this happened while I was trying to help Ashley with handing out pizza. I was incredibly flustered. Luckily I had some glue, found some scotch tape, and got to work. I had to avoid a test run with his car to give the glue time to set.
Today was a very stressful day though. I placed the main order for our pizza last night. After submitting the order, I realized I had missed a pizza. I placed a second order this morning, but received a cryptic error message, requesting that I call the store. I called the store and discovered they did not have my order. After some back and forth, I noticed that my Amex was refunded yesterday, meaning the website silently cancelled my order. I drove over to the store after lunch and placed my order in person. An hour or so later, I received a phone call from Papa John’s online tech support telling me that my online order had been cancelled. I thanked them and let them know I had already placed an order in person after discovering the cancellation.
The joke ended up being on me, however, when I arrived at the store and discovered that my order had been cancelled. The tech support person wasn’t talking about last night’s order; he was talking about today’s order. I laughed and asked how quickly they could make pizza. It must have been the manager, because she laughed and said she can make pizzas fast. She then proceeded to discount my order 50% and she got to work. Fifteen minutes later, I was loading eleven pizzas and two orders of breadsticks into my car. I am somewhat surprised by just how calm I remained and how well I handled the situation. I was also relieved at how helpful the people in the store were.