On February 26, I got the chance to talk with Representative Vincent Buys and Senator Ericksen. I spent the morning with many of my administrator peers learning about the bills on the house and senate floor. I then met with the legislators about educational issues. It wa a awkward, because I did not know what to expect. It was clear that they were booked up and meeting with a lot of people.
While I was at the Capitol, Governor Inslee was signing "The Dream Act". I heard that people were gathering to observe the bill signing so I joined in the crowd. There was a person passing out "signing Pens" to mark the occasion. I was trying to find out what I needed to do to get one, so I asked a woman next to me who had one of the pens in her hand, "What do I need to do to get one of the pens?" She looked at me kindly and said, "You can have mine." I said, "That's okay. I don't want to take yours." She replied, "That's okay, I can get another one, I'm the governor's wife." I took the pen and thanked her, then told her that I was friends with Stephanie and Jeff Inslee the Governor's cousins. We talked for a few moments and then we botched moved on. That was quite a coincidence, that of all the people in the room I got the pen from "Trudy" the governor's wife. That was fun and she was a class act.
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