Whoohoo!!
Is there really anything else to say after today? Well, maybe, depending on some of these California ballot measures. But for an election night… the best ever. Good grief Obama is a fantastic orator. It’s about time we had an inspiring president! I don’t know what the next four or forty years has in store for me, but for the first time it feels like we’ve got someone I can trust and who is paying attention in control of this ship. I’m surprised how personal it feels, but it does… it feels like each and every one of us needs to contribute and needs everyone else helping out, and with all that manpower and willpower we can actually get somewhere. And that there’s a lot of “up” from here.
I’m so blessed. It’s 11:00 and I’m listening to Lewis sing folk songs on his guitar, my kitty is curled up in bed with me, in my calm and sane and safe rented house, and I’m pausing to blog about the most inspiring political night in my life, and resting before another big day doing what I’ve always wanted to. If I could encapsulate this feeling of opportunity and privilege to administer to myself on bad days, I would. I wish this feeling could last forever. I feel so connected to every single person I know.. all the facebook status messages, all the livejournal wooting, all the reports of people partying it up all across the nation, the adorable voicemail from my ecstatic parents… it’s like we all reaped a reward we’ve worked so hard to get, and for right now, for this very moment, the feeling that things are going to be okay is overwhelming.