Children's Congress Update #1!

Hey y'all!
This is gonna be a bit of a shorter post because writer's block has made a permanent home inside my brain, so I'm just gonna tell y'all a bit about CC.  This is going to be the first of several CC posts over the coming months as we get ready for the Big Week.  But I'm getting ahead of myself.  Let's backtrack a little.

For those of you who don't know, JDRF (an awesome organizations dedicated to treatment, prevention, and cures for T1D) holds an event every 2 years called Children's Congress (or CC).  150 kids and teens from the US are selected to travel to Washington, DC in July and meet with members of Congress to tell our stories and ask for funding for research.  It's a BIG deal.  And this year, after 2 unsuccessful applications, I was selected to be a member of Children's Congress!

Being a CC delegate is a lot of fun, but it's also a lot of work.  Over the next few months, I'll complete a series of projects to prepare for my trip to DC.  A few weeks ago, I got my first assignment: my delegate video!  Basically, I have to make a 1-2 minute video introducing myself and discussing how T1D has affected me.  Easy, right?

Ya know, the funny thing about an assignment like that: You look at it and you think "oh, that looks fun!  I'll be able to do that super quickly!"  And then you wait a few weeks because school doesn't allow time for anything.  And then everyone else starts publishing their videos and you're like, "Wait a second, I have no clue how to introduce myself!  What are words?  How do I English?"

Long story short, I recruited my amazing brother (shoutout to El even though he doesn't read my blog) to help.  We've spent the past week or so filming short standups in various places around the city, and today we're editing and putting it all together. (Or rather, he is.  I'm at work, writing my blog and texting him pictures of bunnies to help him focus.)

Within the next week or so, my CC delegate page will (hopefully) go live!  When it does, I'll make sure to post it here.  In the meantime, feel free to go to cc.jdrf.org to see a bunch of cool stuff from the last Children's Congress.

Have a good spring break everyone!!  Me and my writer's block are gonna go finish that video now.
Oh--a question for y'all: Should I post my CC application letter on here?  Is that something people do on blogs?  Is that something y'all wanna see?  Does anyone even read this blog, or am I talking to myself?  Comment below!!!