Of course, I have to blog again or risk a grade.
So, yesterday (The second day of the mini-summit), we woke up bright and early, ate breakfast and headed off to the Sherman Events Complex to be presented at the preservation breakfast conference. Not very abnormal, when compared with the rest of the day.
Then, we went to the Hampton Inn across the street to learn how to be lobbyists and to prepare for the next event, a confrence seminar on kids in preservation and the youth summits. We all had the oppurtuity to speak about our preservation and youth summit experiences, and we all took every oppurtunity to tease Mrs. Pearson, but what do you expect?
Then, we hopped on our little (or not little, for that matter) chartered bus to go and visit Mrs. Ritter at the governor’s mansion.
Mrs. Ritter: “So, most of you have been here before, right? I’ve seen most of you before.”
Kids: “We’ve all been here before.”
Mrs. Ritter: “Oh, yeah! Throw your coat on the sofa!”
After a very nice lunch and talking very casually to the First Lady (Not Michelle Obama. She was in Washington D.C., as far as I know), we got back on our bus to head off to the capitol building. We got some strange looks as a large group of professionally dressed teenagers and a handfull of adults walking across the street to the southern entrance of the capitol building.
We met the State Treasurer Cary Kennedy and the official Treasury Dog Berkely, the Speaker of the House Terrance Carrol, Senate Minority Leader Josh Penry and a few other important people whose names I can’t remember.
Well, we’re all back home and recovering. AND I HAVEN’T BEEN SUCCINCT!
Inside joke.
–Natalie
