Day in the life of JSA fundraiser at the Fall State convention

Junior Matthew Weiseltier was one of 53 CESJDS students to attend the convention. He is also a part of the school’s chapter leadership, as a member of the regional cabinet.

Matthew Wieseltier, Guest Writer

Junior Matthew Wieseltier catalogs Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Junior State of America’s Mid-Atlantic State Fall State convention

7:00 a.m. Alarm goes off

7:01 a.m. Apologize for waking everyone else in my room up.

7:10 a.m. Shower

7:15 a.m. Do my hair (getting the right jew-fro for the day is a lot more difficult than it sounds)

7:25 a.m. Realize I forgot the right pocket square that goes with the dark orange tie at home (winter colors, am I right?)

7:26 a.m. Realize that people won’t notice the non-matching pocket square/tie combo because people don’t know enough about fashion

7:30 a.m. Run to set up the fundraising table. So much apparel to fold!

8:30 a.m. Grab some absolutely terrible hotel coffee so that I can be at the fundraising table without falling asleep

10:30 a.m. Listen to the keynote speech, which is actually decent this time

11:40 a.m. Moderate a mildly raucous debate about gun control

2:00 p.m. Realize I forgot to eat lunch and keep organizing the fundraising table anyway

5:15 p.m. Still at the fundraising table

5:45 p.m. Change into my JSA cabinet quarter zip and wear it with pride

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Eat about three different dinners to make up for the missed lunch while watching Live PD for some reason

10:00 p.m. Pretend to like the weird JSA nighttime activities while ditching them at the fundraising table

11:28 p.m. Turn on SNL in the room

12:15 a.m. Weekend Update!

1:00 a.m. Finally, I fall asleep