So Heath decided to make himself known this past Thursday (it was going to happen one way or the other). We got to spend a good chunk of time with New mom and dad, and holding the youngster.
He's a cute chunky little boy and clearly has his Father's hair. I look forward to seeing him again.
So on Saturday morning, I headed to West Des Moines to participate in the Polk County Democratic Convention. It was was an interesting, if not anal retentive process. So I showed up around 8:AM and left around 1:PM or 1:30 PM, so clearly it's not for the faint of heart. The big event of the day was to vote on the segments of the party platform, pass people on to the District and State convention, and elect a Minority Chair, or something like that. It was interesting following the whole process. Things got defined, altered, voted on, delayed to collect signatures to amend, it seems like a very legal process. Because of the length of time and the process involved, it seemed very clear how a platform can be overtaken by a few people. There was a whole large subsection to debate one part. One lady was convinced that reading was being too emphasised in schools (SRSLY?) and there were several times where there was some clear misinterpretations of what was actually written in the platform. One would expect this sort of thing with a large enough audience. And as I thought about it more, I thought that a process like this would really only allow the highly dedicated to take part. I've committed to two more Saturdays (one in April and and one in June). I'm looking forward to how the next parts go. Like I told Shannon after, it's like watching sausage get made, most people don't want to know.