We awoke to Lynn’s soothing voice “wake up girls.” We stretched, yawned and jumped up when she told us it was 9:00. It was two hours later than we usually woke up, but due to the fact hat we had had a strenuous day before, we were still exhausted. Heather served us tea and cheerios, and once we had showered, Mary, Sarah, Jacob, and I headed out the snowy door to the metro stop.
The metro took us to Union Station where we were bombarded with the biting cold. After walking past multiple anti abortion posters we finally came to the capitol were we were scheduled to meet David and the rest of the Teton-Landis family. We couldn’t find them immediately, so we waited around till Harrison and Erin found us. As soon as they found us, the Teton-Landis’s did too.
Together we spotted Lois Capps and went over to say hi. She was very kind a nd gracious, and was excited for the interview we were going to do later. After a short interview with a Santa Barbara District Supervisor, the whole SB crowd took a picture together. It was great to see some people form back home. But it also reminded me that we only had two more days of work before we returned to SB.
Once that was over we went to the building next door where we found huge lines that were, like us, waiting to get an audience with congress members. We decided that we needed to get our community service done, being that it was Martin Luther King Day, so we called and said we wouldn’t be able to make it to the interview with Lois.
A short metro ride away we arrived at the Robert F Kennedy Memorial Stadium where we would be making care packages for the Iraq War veterans. After we skarfed down a few hot dogs, and once we had got into the stadium, we joined the thousands of other people in the assembly line. We went a few times around the line, putting toiletries, calling cards and other necessities into small bags. We then went to section A where everyone was writing letter to the soldiers over seas. I wrote about the gratitude we had for them, and thanked them so much for their loyalty and commitment to America.
It was very moving to see how many people showed up to help and support the troops. Mary and I did a few interviews outside and got some great “yes we can’s.” My favorite one was this woman who was originally form California and who took each word of “yes we can” and analyzed it. “Yes” was important because it was yes instead of no. “We” was important because it was we instead of I, and it brought us together. And “can” was operative word, because it meant that the sky is the limit.
The day had been a big success, but the best part had yet to come. When we returned home to Falls Church, we found out that the local boy-scouts were having a gathering there that night. As we started blogging boys started meandering into the auditorium. When it was time to have our meeting with them, Lisa and Sue made the girls go put on a little more concealing clothes, because we were going to be hanging with “a bunch of teenage boys.” We put turtlenecks over our tank tops and headed for the circle. Once settled we asked each other questions about what it was like to be a Boy Scout, and vice-versa with being a reporter. It was interesting and I learned a lot about the life of a scout. Once we politely declined their invitation to come in the inter-galactic space shuttle, we said good-bye and headed to bed.
All in all it was a great day and I cannot wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow is one of the most defining days in American history and I am so lucky to experience it and be apart of it.
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