Today was the Regularly Scheduled CodePink in the Park, and we had a nice turnout. There were 20 of us, and many had never been there with us before. It was great. About 8 regulars and the rest new people. Afterwards, we sat on the grass and discussed the trip to DC.

This group of women who joined us today are mostly around my age. (That is, 46, in case you've missed that tidbit before) They have an email discussion group that's not associated with any particular organization. They're all politically interested women who talk about issues amongst themselves in an email list. Cool, eh? So they have about 25 people on their list that are going to DC this week. One woman has compiled everyone's info (cell number, hotel, dates we'll be there), and will be sending everyone a spreadsheet with all the details so we can hook up once we're there. Another is making calls to the local Air America station to ask them to announce one of our email addresses so anyone else in SD who's going can join us if they like. She's also arranging to call a couple of the local phone-in shows from DC.

We made plans to meet for dinner one evening and breakfast another, and talked about who our representatives are that we'll be seeing. We had to figure out who's seeing who so we can make group appointments. I've also signed up on the UPJ site for lobbying day and they hooked me up with another Davis constituent. She's already in the area because her husband works back there, and she told me the local news is saying they're expecting 100,000. I'm really curious to see what the demographics will be for this event. I think nearly everyone in our group is female and between the ages of 40 and 70. That may or may not be typical.