Say Anything Blog

Last October, as I was reading through my school’s scholarship opportunities, I decided to compete for the United States Senate Youth Program. A month or so later, I learned that I had been selected as one of North Dakota’s two delegates to the United States Senate Youth Program. At first I thought that it was just another trip to Washington, D.C., but to my surprise the all-expense paid trip came along with a $5,000 scholarship and a chance to meet with a U.S. Supreme Court justice, and possibly the President. I spent the next couple of months feeling pretty excited about the trip, and now it’s February and the trip is just a few weeks away.

I still don’t have many details about the trip. I’m not sure which Supreme Court justice I will be meeting with, and I’m not sure if a meet with the President will materialize like it did for last year’s delegates, but I’m thrilled to have this opportunity and I know it will be a great experience. I will be staying at the Mayflower hotel, which seems to be quite nice from the brochure I received. I also received a note telling me that the weather in D.C. can be “very cold”. I don’t think 40s will measure up to the sub-zero weather in North Dakota as of late as far as being “very cold” goes.

I obviously won’t be blogging during the trip, but after I return I will be posting lots of great pictures and stories about the trip. I might even run into North Dakota’s own Senators Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan, in which case I will have to give them a link to my blog.