Thursday, November 13, 2008

Let's Catch Up: Election and All...



Congratulations to Our New President Elect and Family!!!...

Hello and howdy. I know that I've been away for far too long enough to have to look up my password and notice that the dashboard to blogger changed. Thank you Princess, Pam, and Harpo for being so patient with me. I've been extremely busy with work and I exchanged my usual morning blog time with just trying to get to work on time. So now, I'm blogging at night when I'm so tired. So forgive my typos. Let's get down to it.

First off let me say that this was the most painful primary and general election season. I've been watching the evening news since I was about 5 years old, but this year things got to be annoying every step of the way. Everyday watching the news just got to be frustrating with all of the negative attacks from candidates running for president all the way down to the local politicians running for dog catcher. However, I will admit to laughing at Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey impersonations of Sarah Palin. Lawd knows Tina had enough material to work with.

But anywho, let's skip on to the election itself. Leading up to the election, I had been telling folks that I would be donning a pair silver metallic boots and an outfit resembling a band uniform if Obama won. I was going to march down the street as the drum majorette for justice once Obama declared victory, and I was going to take my duty seriously. But come Tuesday of last week, I got to be more serious about things. For starters, I got up with the roosters around 4:30 a.m. to make it over to the polls at 6:30 a.m. before they opened at 7 a.m. I know folks want to know why it took me so long to get ready. Well, it took about an hour for me to actually wake up. *shrug*. That's saying something since I usually don't leave home until 9 a.m. on most mornings. I just made an exception on this morning, because I meant business. Once I got to the polls, most people were very polite, yet very determined to make history. No one complained about long lines or about getting to work late. We had the same thing in mind. We were going to take our vote seriously.

Come nightfall, I was totally beat down from work. I knew I wasn't going to be able to hang so I took a nap early in the evening. Plus, I didn't feel like watching tv anymore once the early returns were indicating that that polls were leaning in McCain's favor. I woke up around 10:30 p.m. to check out the returns and to immediately work the phones. And 30 minutes later history was made with Obama claiming victory. Boy were we in for a rollercoaster of emotions. First, I was shocked and amazed. Then I felt extremely happy and excited that other people from different countries around the world were sharing our joy. Then later, I cried for all of those people who suffered to make this day possible, because they didn't get a chance to see it. Heck, I didn't think that I'd ever see a black president in my own lifetime or that of the more immediate generations coming up. I just felt like that night was built on divine intervention. A wise and longtime family friend said earlier in the year that if God wants something to happen, it will come to pass. And that's exactly what I believe happened. I can't really even articulate everything I felt that. All I can say that it felt good. It still felt good although I spent the next day trying buy to a copy of the Washington Post. Let's not even start on me talking about how long I stood in line trying to get the special edition. All I know is that history was made and it felt good.

Okay, I've got to run. It's close to 2 a.m.

1 comment:

YouToldHarpoTaBeatMe said...

You know what?

NE'ERMIND

You have finally blogged, so I won't clown you. LoL

Between WOOOOOOO and OMG! I cried. Listened to my mother cry, my aunts cried...cried some more because Granny actually marched, but didn't live to see that day.

I could care less what most would think, that day was predestined by God, Himself.