Election follow-up

[selenay]

I should have thoughts about last night, but mostly I'm just stuck at "He
actually did it?"

Even yesterday morning, there was a part of me expecting to be disappointed
because it still seemed impossible for a black guy with great ideas and a
huge amount of hope to actually win. In politics it's usually the white guy
with tired old ideas that wins because he's familiar and safe. People don't
like to take chances when they vote no matter what they tell the pollsters
because that's scary and if they make a poor choice then they're stuck with
it. Who you vote for can have a huge influence in your life because
politicians have the power to make those big changes.

So a large part of me was expecting to be disappointed and praying that I
was wrong.

I am so glad that I'm wrong.

Time will tell whether Obama is a good president, but I have hope that he
will be and right now that's such a strange feeling. The leader of one of
the most powerful nations on Earth is someone that I can respect and feel
good about for the first time in eight years. I can't wait to see what
happens next.

In other news...

It's the first Thursday in the month so it must be eat out with the knitters
tomorrow night! Apparently we're going for Mexican at a place across the
harbour and the menu looks rather nice. I'm going to meet one of the girls
at the bus terminal so that she can shepherd me on and off the right buses
and I'm actually quite excited about this. Great food plus knitting plus
knitting friends seems like a fantastic night out to me!

Also, I have taken defensive action against the chiller cabinet that is my
office. I brought a big fleece jacket with me to huddle in when the cold
gets too much. Today I am determined that I will not leave this place
chilled to the bone. It takes hours to warm up from that kind of abuse
*sigh*