Community Service Project #1

So...last night was a CRAZY night...Carrie, Maggie, and I went out to help the campaign for Obama. WHAT A NIGHT!!!...well first off we went to the Herndon/Reston Democrat location and we met our helper person named Caitlin. She was nice and was very, very dedicated. She was actually really tight because she was young and made us (wel at least me) feel better abou being there. I dunno if you know...but there were WAY too many old people there, and that scared me. So when we go there at 6 pm, we signed in and got to work. Well, actually, we were allowed to choose what we wanted to do for 3 hours (9 pm). There was the choice of a) calling voters on the phones and b) walking door-to-door and getting the info of registered voters. Well...I don't know about you but I was NOT about to talk to people on the freakin' phone for 3 hours. That would be very boring, awkward, and very much self-demoting. I do NOT get any respect on the phone with these types of things. However, I really don't return the favor of respect when people call my house about different candidates (then again, all of them are automated). So we chose to go door-to-door...IN THE RAIN. THIS is where it ALL begins. So not only were we on a time schedule, but it was raining and we had NO clue where we were going. We def got lost for an hour. Maggie freaked, Carrie freaked, and I freaked. Let me tell you, I have NEVER made so many U-turns in my life. This was an adventure. Let's just say that rain, misdirection, teenagers, and night, do NOT mix very well. We were supposed to go on Fairfax County Parkway. We did that, but IN THE WRONG DIRECTION...that is what drove us off the sane end. At this point, Maggie was stressed, Carrie was sticking flyers out teh car window, and I was very hot in my jacket. Finally, after a freakin' hour of turning around, we found the road...after Carrie screamed her guts out and Maggie and I freaked out, we drove passed it. "Uh oh". We did a U-turn and then did another because there was no break in the median (this is in the Chantilly area, btw). We then got to our neighborhood destination. A freakin' hour to find Old Plain Road...what the heck. So thank god things got a little better now that we were out of the car and had space to breathe. The first house did not answer, the next one was the wrong one, but the FINALLY, we got to a nice man's house who was in fact a democrat. He was our saint since we had had no luck WHATSOEVER. Anyways...the whole place was getting very eerie, for it was raining and very dark. BTW...those houses were SO WEIRD...first off the doors were on the freakin' side of the house and these houses were SO close together. I will never be living on top of my neighbor like these people were. ANYWAYS...we had a good bit of success. Hit a few dead houses, but we felt good, until we realized that we did not finish the first of two routes and it was time to go. We told caitlin the truth, but she was very fine with it (at one point in the night, she called carrie and said that she was worried about us because it was dark, raining, and we are only 17). We were ALL very happy that caitlin was very lenient. Next time we'll def know what to do. I hate talking on phones, and now I hate frogs/toads (there were a LOT of them last night (carrie killed one- not really, but she was close)). Last night was fun, yet very stressful. Whatever, we are GOiNG BACK BABY...and we are going to be better at everything. So there you go...the first 3 hours of our service project for government. WHOOO...what a great first day (not)...!!!

Peace...