So yeah…  Hi Internet.  What’s up?

Oh me?  Yeah, nothing’s new.  And that’s the problem… NOTHING. IS. NEW!

Is anyone else out there suffering from major Election Withdrawl?  Of course I’m thrilled with the outcome but now I just find myself at a loss and not sure what to do with myself.

I keep searching endlessly for the next debate.  Surely TV Guide must be wrong.  Didn’t Johnny Mack want TEN townhall debates?  Since there was only one of those, where are the others???

I’m like Paula Cole, but instead of singing “Where Have All The Cowboys Gone…” I’m singing, ”Where Have All the Yard Signs Gone…”  Bring them back!  I miss counting how many Obama signs there were from our place to my parents.

There must be some poll to study needlessly.  Right?  Where are the exit polls?  I NEED SOME POLLS PEOPLE!!!!  And I need more plumbers to make fun of. 

Forget the October surprise.  I want a December Surprise!   And no, I don’t mean what’s under the tree.

You can’t string me along for almost TWO YEARS and then just have it be over.  SNAP!  Just like that.  In ONE NIGHT!?!  Don’t we recount any more?  My god this one was over before my bedtime!  (Again, NOT complaining about the results…)

Having the election over is like Rip Van Winkle waking from a year long slumber.

“Who are you little boy?  MY SON!  Holy shit.  I have a kid.  Huh.”

“What is that over there?  A washer and dryer you say?  Odd.  What’s that for?”

“Weird this refridgerator thing has no food in it.  How did that happen?”

I suppose there is no denying it.  Now that Election 2008 is over it’s time to get back to my life. 

Which I will do, right after I read the wonderful Newsweek article about our 44th President,

and make sure my countdown to Bush’s Last Day is accurate.

Thank god yesterday was Wordless Wednesday because I was literally at a loss for words. How can you describe the indescribable?  How can you describe history in the making?

Tuesday night was a night I will never forget, as I sat there with my mother, my father and my son.  It was truly historic.  As my 77 year old history professor father said, “Never in my life have I been more thrilled at the outcome of a presidential election.  The whole world will be better for it.”  

Um, he also said, “”Whoopdee-do!”  ”Hotdiggetydog!”  and  ”Yowsa, yowsa, yowsa!”

With my mom and I, each on a lap top switching hysterically between CNN, MSNBC, and any other news channel we could get ours hands on, we were nervous wrecks.  I was flipping frantically between people’s updates on Facebook, a live chat blog on The Huffington Post and The Daily Kos. 

That was until Obama won Ohio.  And we did the math.  And the numbers couldn’t lie.  And then… and then, it was nothing but, “Can this really happen? Is this really HAPPENING?!?!”

I still get chills when I remember CNN announcing “We project Barack Obama the winner of this election...” I looked at my mom with tears in my eyes and said, “OF THE WHOLE THING!??!”

We were both weeping when Obama came out, into that over-filled, electric crowd in Chicago. But when I saw Jesse Jackson crying, that’s when I lost it.  I knew that this man, whatever your opinion of him, has been through so much. And for him to see this moment happen, well it was all I could do to not hyperventilate in my tears.

Our 44th President sure has his work cut out of him come 1/20/09, (only 75 days left, but who’s counting)however, with BOTH the House, the Senate and with the people of this country behind him, I truly have nothing but HOPE.

The American people spoke loud and clear on Tuesday night.   And for the first time, in a long time, I am PROUD to live in this country and to call myself an American. 

Yes, We Can.
Yes, We Can.

OBAMA WINS PRESIDENCY

WONDERFUL Wordless Wednesday!

Today has the promise to be a historic day for this country.

Today I will stand in line, for however long it takes, to vote for the candidate that I believe in more than any other Presidential candidate I have ever voted for.

Today I will pretend to concentrate at work, but really won’t be able to.

Today I will eat my way through this very important and anxiety ridden day.

Today my son and I will spend the night at my parent’s house since there is no one else I would rather go through the election results with than my mother.  The woman who I called in the summer of 2004 while watching the Democratic National Convention and saying, “Who is this guy!? He’s amazing!!  HE should run for President.”

Today we will sit in her living room with our laptops, in front of the TV, nervous, hoping and weeping. 

Today you need to vote.  Regardless of your candidate. 

Today you need to exercise your right as an American citizen of this fine country and be engaged in our democratic process.

Today is a day I will not forget.

Today has the promise to be historic.

 Vote.