Yippee!!!

I'm sure you can guess how I feel about the campaign results.

I was worried that Virginia might go red and I felt like I had let you down somehow- but it didn't- we're blue!!! This is the first time I've voted with the majority in my state and all I had to do to accomplish it was move across the country.

Laura- I wish I was there to celebrate with you! 

I voted!!!

It was surprisingly emotional. 

Early this morning I drove past my polling place- the line was insane! It was exciting but since I had Rusty in the car I decided to come back later. So I headed over at 9- there was still a line, much shorter than earlier, but it was longer than any line I've ever had to wait in at a polling place. 

I was surprised that they didn't have electronic voting- instead we had to fill in a circle next to the candidate's name, I flashed back to all the scantron tests I took in high school. 

All in all it took only 15 minutes- and that includes being stopped in the parking lot to fill out an exit questionnaire. 

I'm still worried about the outcome but I feel much better now that I've voted. And for the first time I feel like my vote actually counted, it's kind of exciting living in a state that could go either way- although maybe that's why I'm stressed! 

still one day left...

Laura said www.isobamapresidentyet.com made her feel better.

But this worked better for me.

1 day left

I'm completely freaking out over the election. I just want it to be Wednesday so I can stop having nightmares about McCain and Palin in the white house.

So I thought I'd give you another reason to vote for Obama- read this article- we need change. 

I've been meaning to post about this for a while but wasn't sure what to say. The article is written by Colby Buzzell about getting recalled to the Army to go back to Iraq. I've posted about Buzzell before, he wrote the book My War: Killing Time in Iraq which I wrote about here and here. The article is heartbreaking.