Tuesday

Started the day off with our bill writing workshop. Headed to the National Cathedral and then came back to the center to work on action plans. Had lunch, committee meetings and then town hall. Just finished up capitol hill orientation. Have a big day ahead and hope the rain does not pour too hard!

Monday

Today started off by traveling to Mount Vernon. I have an excellent bus driver who knows his way around the city which helps to relieve some of my stress. We came back for lunch, workshops, and committees followed by key note speaker. After dinner we went on our night view tour of DC. Saw Jefferson, FDR, Lincoln, Korean, and WWII. My Missouri group is really fun and very enjoyable.

Sunday

My Missouri group has arrived! They are really fun and one of my chaperone's attended NW! We had orientation, opening ceremony, committee and workshop meetings. I am so excited because for cultural heritage night on Thursday I am going to the Broadway Production of THE COLOR PURPLE! I am so excited!! It is at JFK Center for Arts for a limited time and tickets are hard to get and very pricey. I am so lucky! This is the production that Oprah highly promotes and one of the American Idol singers sings in it.

Day Off

I woke up this morning had breakfast and then took a nap. Haha, I was still tired. I then showered and decided I wanted to go downtown to and shop a bit so I went to H & M. Then met up with Jordan and Corey. We went to Madamme Tussade's which is a was museum of presidents, celebrities and others. They are very realisitc - it is crazy! We then walked around and decided to go walk through Ford's Theater. There is a huge festival going on around town, so we walked around that on the mall again. I got my huge $3 watermelon again! Took the metro to Bethasada for supper. I am so sick of people who refuse to ride the front two or back two cars of the metro. So instead people will shove hundreds in the middle cars. Ahhh public transportation is getting old. Had an amazing Mongolian supper. You pick out all the food you want and put it in a bowl (a buffet line) and then they cook it right in front of you!

Friday

Today was delegation day. Started off at the zoo, followed by souvenior city. We then let the delegates free on the National Mall for the afternoon. Vince Geis (who I went to school with) has an internship that he travels for. The past few weeks he has been in DC and we finally met up today. We went to the Art Musuem and then American History. There was a South American festival going on and we bought HUGE pieces of watermelon for $3 - they were delecious. Came back to the center for delegation wrap up followed by the talent show, closing ceremony and the dance (which I am at right now) Excited to have my Saturday day off and have my MISSOURI group come in on Sunday!

Thursday

On Thursday we went to Arlington National Cemetery, Iwo Jima, and WWII memorials. We can came back to the center and had workshops and committee meetings. Thursday night is also cultural heritage night. We had a tour of JFK center and then ate at Watergate complex. We then saw Sheer Madness.

Capitol Hill Day

Woke up this morning and headed off to the Capitol. Our bus driver missed his turn which resulted in changing the directions completely. (It is impossible for charter buses to turn around in DC during rush hour) But anyways, we made it to the Capitol to find out that our first appointment with Senator Fiengold from WI was pushed back. So, we had 2 hours to find something to do with the delegates. We went to the Supreme Court Building and the Library of Congress. Then we had our Capitol tour. Following that we went to the Hart Senate building and met with Senator Kohl from WI and Senator Fiengold. Supper was at Union Station and the bus was to pick us up at 6:00 pm sharp. He, however, got lost and then stuck in traffic. He was an hour late, so we were late for Twilight Tattoo - however we made it 30 mins late and still got to see a good portion of the show!