I got to go to St. Louis the twenty-ninth, through the first. I was working with the St Louis Tea Party campaigning for Ed Martin, the conservative candidate, who was running against Russ Carnahan. The results of the election are still not final. Russ won, but Ed has yet to concede. (I think that there are some issues being raised about the validity of some of the votes.)
Over all, the campaign went very well, even if we didn’t win. I did have some people shut the door in my face, and I got cussed out a few times, but over all, the people were very nice. I learned how to phone bank, and I had to somewhat get over my fear of using the phone. :)
There were times that I didn’t enjoy being there…I didn’t know the girls that I was rooming with, and I wasn’t impressed at all by them. (They did NOT want to be there, and were pretty disrespectful to the adult in charge. And they didn’t go to sleep before two, two of the three nights, but were complaining about being tired all day.)
I did enjoy the company of an older couple working on the campaign. They were very nice, and I “adopted” them as my grandparents away from home. Later in the weekend, I found out that he has Parkinson’s, (because of which, they are taking ball-room dancing,) and she has leukemia. She told me that she really doesn’t want to take chemo, and if God wants to let her stay longer, it’s in His hands.
Over all, I think that it was good that I got to go, and I really did learn a lot.
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Other than campaigning, what have I been up to lately? Well, I'm so glad you asked. :) The answer is simple really, but I'm going to expand it into an entire post. (I'll give you a hint though, what do most teenagers do roughly between the hours of 8:00am and 3:00pm?)
You guessed it! Sleep! Just kidding! I'm talking about school. I have had a lot of school work lately, and I don't anticipate it getting any easier. I am sort-of-but-not-really adjusting to it though. Anyway, I've had a lot on my plate, and I'm finding it harder and harder to find a time when I'm not brain dead to write anything worth posting. That being said, I will say I'm sorry for not having "quotes of the month" out, but I didn't even have time to look for any. Plus I was out of town.
Also, I wanted to tell you that I'm going to Washington D.C. soon. I'm super excited! I've been thinking about a school in the D.C. area (Gallaudet University), and I'm needing to check it out, but I really didn't think that I was going to get to. Then I found out that my dance group was going to D.C. for a really big competition. (Called an Oireachtas. Or-rock-tus.) Aaand, to make a long story short, I'm going! (YAY!)
Another thing I wanted to say was that I'm really excited about crafting Christmas gifts. I have this one idea, but because I know that I would spoil the surprise for certain people if I told/showed you what it was, I think I'll refrain. You'll have to wait and see post-Christmas. But I am totally pumped/excited/whatever. :0)
Anyway, I now have to go work on an Algebra lesson, so I guess I'll end the post here. Know that I plan on putting up pictures post-trip as well as post-Christmas.
Cheers!
Lauren
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