Front Porch Friday

This is my sister's kindergarten class the day after the election.

Her caption:
11.5.08 My babies with Mr. Ovid. I am so excited that I can look each of my students in the eye and tell them with no doubt that no matter your race, background, or socioeconomic status, if you work hard YOU CAN be anything you want to be!

Election 2008 = History

What an Election this has been! I wish I had some sort of clever and profound words to say. I have literally been speechless since 11:00 pm last night when Obama was named the next President of the United States. I'm soaking it all in and enjoying every moment of it.

I vividly remember 4 years ago, driving back to DC after campaigning for my team and loosing. The outlook for the democratic party was extremely grim. Never in my wildest dreams would I have believed what has happened this week.

Congrats to a great campaign and effort from Sen. McCain. He is a true American hero in every sense of the word. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him.

No matter what your political beliefs are, I hope that you appreciate and embrace the history that has been made. There is a lot of difficult work ahead to steer our country back on track. But today, it is a wonderful day to be an American.

Happy Voting

Voting was super easy for me this morning. I was in and out in 5 minutes. I hope you're all exercising your most basic right and have fulfilled your civic duty. The excitement and anxiety is definitely in the air. We're in for an interesting night.

I'm sure you've all heard by now, but if you vote, you can receive a free cup of coffee from Starbucks, free doughnut from Krispy Kreme, and free ice cream from Ben and Jerry's. Nothing more American than getting free fatty food for voting!