I voted!
W and I were up and to the polling place shortly after they opened the doors at 7:00 this morning. We’re lucky to live less than a block from the community center where we vote.
Full of anxiety about the results of the election, to be completely honest. I have not been very politically active in the last few years, at least not in comparisson to the level that I was in 2004. I think I really just kind of….well I felt so utterly defeated that my heart was a bit broken. And watching the complete downslide of the country in the last decade has broke my heart even further.
I am certainly not a democrat. I don’t align with any particular political party. I suppose if I were forced to choose I would join the Socialists. I do not see Obama as the savior of our country or think that he’s going to be able to fix everything. But I do believe he is capable of great change and that this country truly needs great change. I’m a realist and I have come to realize that I need to work within the system instead of against it. Because that’s the only way to help create the country that I can be proud of and be proud to raise my son and future children in.
So, I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed and coloring in my own personal electoral map as the poll results come in. I’ll also be drinking some beer and trying to be hopeful for change and hopeful that someone will actually listen to the voice of the people.
