Election Day

I told myself weeks ago that I didn’t care as much as I have in the past about the outcome of the presidential election.

Still, I find myself parked on the couch tonight, laptop in my lap, with Brian Williams on TV giving me up-to-the-minute news on the results. And I am anxious.

I guess I care more than I thought.

I hope everyone was able to get out and exercise the right to vote today. Whether you were in and out in five minutes, or whether you had to wait in line for hours… good for you for casting your vote. We didn’t have time to go this morning, so we went after work. We brought Nora in with us and she kept saying “Vohhhh!” (Vote.)  Teaching her young. :) Her favorite part, by far, was the “I Voted Today” stickers. Duh.

More than anything, I hope we have an outcome tonight. I don’t want this to drag on any longer than it has to. The campaigns are so long, so grueling, so… dividing. I just want things to settle down again. Let’s get rid of the yard signs and the commercials and the phone calls and the bumper stickers. And for the love of god, let’s get rid of the Facebook rants.

Let’s move on, one way or another. I think we are all ready for that.

Tonight, we’ll all celebrate our red states and our blue states, depending which side we’re on. And tomorrow, no matter the outcome, we’ll still be the United States. I hope that whoever has this job come January 21 will have the country’s best interest at heart.