Withdrawal

A gf mentioned to me recently that she is having withdrawal from the political season; she finds herself still toggling between CNN and MSNBC. I have to admit I am guilty on both counts, as well.
I did not realize how depressed I was at the state of our nation until I saw a ray of Hope. Only then did I realize how deep my valley was. I have come to realize that that's often the case. When I have been in bad times, I sometimes didn't realize just how bad they were, til I began to pull out of them.
Our Man will be on Meet the Press this Sunday. We've already programmed the TiVo as we will be at church.

Looks Like

It's early: 11:40 Eastern Time. They are calling it Obama. McCain just acceded the race to Obama.

Call me skeptical. I want Obama to win. I really do. I was not alive when Truman won, but I did see the photo in the history book of Truman holding the newspaper that proclaimed, Dewey Wins! As the child of a newsman, it made an impact. So I'm not taking anything for granted.

IF this is true. If it can be. IF some crazy person doesn't do something really, really stupid, I will be so happy.

btw, did you see the film of Jesse Jackson crying? Tears streaming down his face. Not a trickle. A stream.

I'm not black. I cannot say I truly understand how he -- and many black Americans -- feel.

I can only say I have hope for America for the first time in a long, long, time.

We are flying our flag tomorrow for the first time in eight long years.

:)

ZZ394A

LO and I were riding to school, listening to snippets of last night's Speech on NPR. I shared with her that he had said,

But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time. Sen. McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than 90 percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a 10 percent chance on change.

LO replied that she couldn't make a list of all the things W has done wrong. I replied, "Would you like it in chronological order, or alphabetical?"

"We'd run out of letters, Nana."

Seconds of silence.

"Well, I guess we could add on, as in A1, A2, and so on. Up to ZZ394A."

Another witty rejoinder.

LO's Science teacher sent home a mini-biography of herself along with her classroom rules and philosophy. It was really quite nice. Reading it, I remarked to LO that her science teacher has a Bachelor's in Zoology and a Master's in Public Health.

"So why isn't she working in a zoo?" she mused.

Pause.

Pause.

"Oh, I guess she is."

I had to smile.