The Quest for Pins

I have been on a mission to find pins to trade with the other exchange students. I started by asking one of the senators who forwarded my email to the governors office. The governor sent me 25 Alaska flag pins, and the information about the company that they got the pins from. We went to that company, and they wanted $1 for every pin! That was insane, and I didn't want to have to send that much money. I continued looking around Anchorage, and came across the visitors bureau. It was closed, because it was Sunday, so I had to come back on Tuesday to talk to someone. Well, today is tuesday, and I just picked up our exchange kid from the airport! He is from our partner school in Germany, and he will be staying with me for 3 weeks. I dragged him around downtown for a little while, and got 100 Anchorage pins and a bunch of lip balm from the visitos bureau. As we were walking back to the car, we passed the legislative offices. I ran inside for just second, and the guy at the security desk told me to go to the information office. When I got there, she told me to go upstairs to see my representative, Max Gruenberg. I went to his office, but the lights were off and the door was closed. Right next door was Rep. Gardner's office. I went in there, and he was by nice. He gave me 200 pins, 25 each of 8 different kinds. They are so cool, and now I can stop freaking out about that. On to the next thing!