how are you spending this day?
i will say this, i didn't realize how anxious i'd be about things. it's so exciting. i wish we were all together tonight. i want people to CELEBRATE with. ahhhhh!
the trees near my building are so great. oak trees, maybe? i dont know. its like they met and drew numbers across the spectrum of fall leaf colors. there's at least one in every shade from green to red. they KNOW. change is a'comin and they're dressed for the party.
i'll tell you how i'm spending my election day cause i'm always curious how everyone did.
i woke up at 8, drove to my polling place, saw the line, and went to breakfast. i met two friends and had sausage, eggs, and grits, and went back to the vfdub (i vote at a vfw post). i waited about an hour, met a new neighbor and saw a dozen or so people i know. i talked about the power of books with a man who has voted in 16 presidential elections and grew up in florence, sc. his class at school used to have to do book reports half the class at a time because there werent enough books for everyone at once. i talked to three people about scraping a popcorn ceiling, which is easier than you may know. i voted and got my sticker and came to work an hour late, and have done very little here. i will go to my second job around 4 and, i expect, continue to not do much. cnn will probably be on when i get there. i happen to know i'll be working with someone who voted differently than i, and i imagine he'll want to insult my candidate and/or me, or prefer to talk to anyone else who may have voted for his. he's a good guy though.
i don't know how my parents are voting. i suppose i'll have a better idea when i get home at 8.

i love voting. i almost wish we had to stand in line with our neighbors and make important decisions more frequently.
i really may cry if things go our way today. i believe so whole-heartedly in my candidate's vision and potential. we need this. we need every good thing he could possibly do. and if we get even half of it in 4 years i think the history books will immortalize him and us and all of this.
i HOPE i can celebrate tonight. and i hope i'll find someone to join me. we're crossing the finish line after a hard, quick sprint and this victory lap leads straight to the starting line for a long, uphill marathon. so have a drink! pull up your socks! its here.

we are the ones we've been waiting for