Hail to the Chief

I Have an Obama Hangover

I stayed up until nearly 1 AM watching results and speeches. And may I just say this? Here, in possibly the most ridiculed state for idiocy, backwardness, and rednecks, Barack Hussein Obama got nearly 40% of the popular vote. Wow. Yes we can, indeed.

I'm so proud to be an American today.

Edge of My Seat

My children, my neighbor's children (because we carpool)and I were outside the rural church which is our voting station at 6:55 AM this morning. And guess what. There was a line! I have lived here for 10 years and have never EVER had to wait in line to vote.

Then I had to drive to town to run some errands and I saw lines at every single polling station I passed. The cars were overflowing the parking lots into the street. I've never seen anything like this before and it thrills me.

Even if these folks are not voting for Barack Obama, who is a rock star here at Nestlewood, at least they care enough to vote.

One Week from Today

We have taken our children with us to vote at every election since they were babies. We began to give them a general idea of what we were doing as soon as they could grasp what we were saying.

In art class this week at their elementary school, they were told to choose from two handouts. One had 1/2 of Obama's face, and the other handout had 1/2 of McCain's face. The students were to choose which one they wanted and draw the other half themselves. The school also had mock elections where students could vote. I think this is fantastic.

This picture of Obama has been hanging on our fridge for months now, except our version has a heart drawn above his face with Chris' handwritten caption "You Go!" So, one week from today, when the kids get off the school bus, we will head to our voting station and they will watch us cast our votes for Obama.