Today we started out by visiting the DC federal relations office of Austin's and my alma mater, Vanderbilt. Before today, I wouldn't have been able to tell you why Vandy needs a federal relations office, but it seems like they do a lot. Anyway, we got some pens and some guitar picks from the curb center as well as a list of contacts for the trip. Next we went to the office of U.S. Representative Jo Bonner, who sat down and talked with us for a little while about the need for research. He was an interesting guy and seemed pretty receptive to our talk. Finally, after stopping by one more office on the Hill, we headed to Children's National to visit the kids.
Since we were running late, we met up with some of our volunteers and threw the goody bags together as quickly as possible, then ran up to the lobby to meet the child life specialist. She was great, taking us around to see the kids - most of whom seemed to enjoy seeing us, laughing at the whale dance and whale song. We ended up leaving and came back to Chris's house, where his parents had prepared a great meal for us. Now we'll all try to sleep and get ready for our events tomorrow. It should be a lot of fun.
~ Tom
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