My Prayer for Obama and Biden

I pray that God will keep them safe. Keep their families safe. Give them the strength and the courage to forge forward and get to the peak of the steep hill ahead. If I am dreaming...I don't want to wake up. What a wonderful feat! I got chills watching Barak's acceptance speech as he partially mirrored the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Change indeed is coming. Change for the better.

Welcome to Office President Obama

YES! HE DID IT. I AM CRYING TEARS OF JOY RIGHT NOW! WELCOME TO THE OVAL OFFICE PRESIDENT OBAMA.

My Vote-My Voice 11.4.08

This was the first year ever in my voting history where I stood in line for over two and a half hours to make my pick for President of the United States. I met some interesting people during my wait. Saw many of my neighbors and that was cool. I was surprised at just how many of my neighbors I know by name considering I'm but a mere renter on the block. Nice. I know my neighbors...that's a good thing. Their was an elderly gentleman named Richard who was in line. We talked everything from politics, to the economy, to the neighborhood. It helped to make the time go by a bit faster. I was a bit disappointed with how inefficient the process seemed to be. I can now see how voting fraud and discrepancies can occur. I was not asked to produce official ID like my drivers license and when I signed in, instead of handing me the polling card to take to the booth, I, like others, was told to line up for the voting booth. Nobody checked to see if registered voters were indeed at the booth. Anybody could have walked in. I was even surprised when I got on site at the school to vote. Normally you can't wear political memorabilia within 500 feet (or possibly yards) of the polling site. I removed my Obama buttons before I got there but saw many people inside with political swag. All I know is that Obama better win as he is the rightful heir fix the messed up throne Bush has left us! I am so excited to participate in history by casting my vote for the first black president in the United States! I took a picture of my vote as you can see!

I was supposed to go to an election night viewing party at a local Brooklyn bar. One of my classmates invited me. I want to go but I don't want to walk home by myself. It's really dark around here and the streets are quiet. It sucks virtually all the folks I know don't go out of their way to do anything fun or invite a single like me. Oh well. I'm going to say up late nonetheless and celebrate when Obama gives his acceptance speech! I don't care how late it is I'm going to say up! I have a low grade migraine that has been with me since early this morning so I hope it goes away soon. The last of the Eastern seaboard polls close in about a half hour. More then.

9:15pm. More states coming in with their decision. I find it amazing that John McCain could possibly lose his home state of Arizona! If he does it will go to show how he greatly underestimated the Hispanic voters there. Right now all networks are saying it's too close to call. Wow! Who would have thunk it? LOL. And Elizabeth Dole has lost her senate seat! Double wow. The time has come for the Doles and the Bushs to get out of the frontlines of politics. This is exciting!

9:33...OHIO! Yes...we now see definitively...President Barack Obama...just need another big state like California to make it an impossible mountain for McCain to climb.

How is it Possible

I fell asleep around 10:30 last night. Slept until about 5:30am and groused around in bed for another two hours and I feel achy! How is this possible?!? What the hell?!? Ironically, I was supposed to see Dr. R this morning for a checkup about my headaches but since the primary didn't get the referral over to the office I'm not going to waste time going all the way up there only to be billed for something covered by insurance. I hate that we have to depend on someone doing their job right in order not to be billed for a routine visit. I waited a month for that appt. I'm in slow motion this morning. Just feel like throwing myself back in bed but alas I must go off to work. Going to take some Excedrin before I walk out the door in a few minutes. That should help. Had some more kooky dreams. One involved muddy water up to my knees and the other trying to take care of a black kitten that died in my hand. Oh my. More later.

Mile Marker 7

What a beautiful day for the runners at the NYC ING Marathon! I was able to once again witness this great accomplishment this time from Brooklyn at Mile 7. I, along with several other volunteers, cheered on the 50 American Cancer Society runners as well as virtually everyone passing mile seven. My voice is still a little hoarse from all the cheering. My arms also got a great workout from ringing my cowbell! LOL. It was great to see the race from this perspective. This is my third time volunteering for marathon. The other two times were at the finish line. Some of the runners were actually thanking us for coming out at supporting their efforts! I didn't expect that. Goes to show you how surprisingly good total strangers can be. I am so proud of all of those people! They are so brave. I hope I am able to accomplish their same goal this time next year.

I'm really happy to have gotten the extra hour of sleep. I'm yawning right now. In two days Obama will be named the first African American president! I am excited to be witness to yet another historical moment. I pray though for his safety. I am worried. Still so many ignorant people out there. It's sad they call themselves Americans yet discriminate based on race. I was invited to an Election night gathering at a bar. I won't know anyone but the host but I will go and have fun...hopefully meet some new people too. It's hard to believe that the year is almost over. I'm looking forward to seeing Miriam this month. She will come into the city and we'll be seeing Wintuk. I wanted to see that show last year but didn't so I am very happy I will be seeing her as well as the show. Double blessing. O.K. My eyes are shutting. Kind of tired. More tomorrow.