In my fervor to have Senator Bernie Sanders (Rock Star - Vermont) become the next President of the United States, I agreed to be an alternate delegate at our local caucuses last month. This meant I had to attend the county caucus yesterday with some 2,000 of my fellow citizens. I also wanted to support my son, Sam, in his attempt to become a delegate in Philadelphia this summer at the National Convention.
What a disaster.
We arrived at noon and were shuffled into a high school gymnasium. With no air conditioning, it quickly reached 90 degrees. We waited until 7:30 for the staff to sort out which alternates would replace the delegates (some 400+) who failed to show up. I had to ask several times, but finally I filled in for an alternate who left after she was selected to replace a delegate who didn't show. Long story short, we were then shuffled into the auditorium, where at least we had decent seats -- those bleachers! -- and listened to some 60 people give a one minute speech, explaining why they were the best candidate to go through that nightmare again in Tacoma later this month. Sam wasn't deterred: I was going to upload the video but apparently it's too large. It can be found on my facebook page. We didn't get out of there til ten pm. I swear it was more exhausting than working all day.
Venice
Not being too familiar with Italian geography, I had no idea Venice is a three hour train ride from Bologna. Makes for a lousy day trip. I thought I'd have to scrap it. But 100 days in Europe and no Venice? No way. So I've scratched Budapest. I'll have to do Eastern Europe some other trip. After Vienna, I'll take the train to Trieste (maybe venture into Croatia?), then the next day, I'll head to Venice and stay a couple of days. Trying to figure out if it's better to fly out of Venice or take an overnight train to Rome to catch a flight to Athens.
No new bookings to report. Just schlepped windows all day, followed by a solid forty minutes on the stationary bike. Oh, and this is for you, mom. Visited the doctor today and he gave me plenty of Prednisone should my gout flare up :)
Hasta for now,
Jared
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