I'm Off to D.C.

There won't be any posts on this blog for the next few days, as I will be serving as a chaperone for St. Vincent's Cathedral School's eighth grade trip to Williamsburg, Jameston, and Washington, D.C., over the next five days. The tour we are taking is quite comprehensive, and I am looking forward to the trip a lot. I haven't been to Washington since 1989. One special treat on the trip: Bob Schiefer of CBS News is allowing our eighth graders and me to observe the taping of "Face the Nation" this Sunday. "Face the Nation" normally does not have a live audience, but Mr. Schiefer is the brother of our principal, Mrs. Sharon Mayes, so we are getting special access. (Mrs. Mayes' other brother, Tom Schiefer, is the present American ambassador to Japan.) I will give a full report upon my return to Texas. God bless.