Joe Faranda, Washington big-shot for a week

My seventh grader son Joe is down in Washington DC from today until Friday. He was nominated by his school for the “Junior Congressional Youth Leadership Council” which does programs for junior high school students. We applied and he was accepted, so he is down with 230 other seventh graders “scholars” (their term, not ours) from all over the country. The program looks really exciting and I’m sure he’ll have a great time.

This is the first time Joe has been away on his own ever (Sleepovers with friends don’t count) and it wil be interesting to see how he does rooming with two boys he’s never met. I expect he’ll do fine.

Brigid drove him down, and took Tim along. They are going to stay in Washington until Tuesday, seeing the sites. Joe will fly back Friday afternoon.

Here’s a picture of Joe this morning as he set out. He avoided the camera, as he was mad at me for suggesting it would be a good idea to take a shower this morning, before he left. His rationale – “I took one last night!” His sweatshirt says “Annoying my Parents … one of the services I offer”