Yesterday (Wednesday) while we were at lunch the House was evacuated. Apparently there was a "suspicious package" and they brought in the bomb squad to check it out. This has a long story associated with it, but after starting this I decided I really need sleep instead (I got 1 hr last night) so I'm not going to tell you. If you really want to ( Read more... )

I got to write an amendment today!!!! It was a very busy afternoon. We had free lunch and then I went to look at some booths because it was Traffic Safety Day and I got some free stuff!! Then I had CMMA committee which was kinda exciting because we actually talked about stuff and debated stuff that was mine! This never happens. I was excited when ( Read more... )

Well, I don't have much to tell you because I haven't had much to do for the past 2 weeks. I haven't had too many bills come my way and the ones I have had are really short and easy to summarize (i.e. one line summaries and whatnot). It seems like anytime I do get a bill though it doesn't end up on the agenda so it doesn't really matter. There was ( Read more... )

I really like my transportation committee.

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Ok, so I've been through 4 days of training, lectures, and other fun stuff and the verdict is...I LOVE IT TO DEATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am having such a great time here - this was probably one of if not the best decision ever. I don't even know where to start, because as the title states...my fingers don't move fast enough in order to ( Read more... )

Well, I'm in Phoenix. I've spent the last week cleaning and packing up things to come here and things to go into storage. I was almost done yesterday when we had to take Brendan to the hospital. I guess if you're vomiting or have a fever you're supposed to call the doc who said to bring him in overnight. My dad and I took him over around 5:30 while ( Read more... )

The point of this live journal is so that people I no longer see all the time and even some that I haven't seen everyday for a while can see what I'm doing up in Phoenix. I am an intern at the Arizona state capitol...specifically the Democratic staff at the House of Representatives. I'm very excited and pretty nervous right now since I don't know ( Read more... )