YeS, yEs, YES!!!

I am so happy, so proud. What a wonderful day! I don't have the words to express how great it is that Obama was elected President Obama!

I hadn't really even thought about him being African American--I was so focused on the issues and it not being that other guy. This speaks so much for the hope of this country, for the way we are viewed in the world. This is such a significant step towards unity and acceptance.

I am delighted!

Sad news

I am so sad that Obama's grandmother died. I was hoping that she would live long enough to see him elected President. My aunt and I were just talking about that yesterday. At least he got to see her in her final days. But still. How bittersweet that that he should lose her on the eve of him hopefully winning the presidency.

It started snowing here today and will be snowing through the night. Still, I hope to leave early tomorrow morning to vote before school. The polls open at 7 a.m. and I need to be at school by 7:30 as I am doing labs tomorrow and have to get set-up. Unlike the Lower 48, I haven't had to wait more than a few minutes to vote up here. Still, you never know what it will be like tomorrow morning--it could be really busy or the snow could be a big hassle. I can always vote after school (polls are open until 8 p.m.), I just want to vote first so I can wear my "I Voted Today" sticker all day.

2 days to go!

I am so nervous and excited about Tuesday. Only two days to go. I have never felt so passionately about an election. I feel the change in the air and I am glad I can be a part of it.

Even though I know that my vote for president really won't count--Alaska's three electoral college votes will be Republican, like they always are-- I am excited to vote anyway. And we have a chance to oust both our Republican Senator (convicted of seven felonies last week, but still says he has not been convicted or found guilty) and our crooked Representative.

After eight long years there finally is hope for the future I want my daughter to grow up in. A future where "the health of the woman" isn't in "air quotes," where people of different ethnicities really can achieve the American dream, where Habeas Corpus isn't something you just read about wistfully in the history books, where eduction and intelligence is valued and where tolerance and compassion are cherished and admired traits.

I know I sound all pie-in-the-sky, rainbows and unicorns...but for once in a very long time I am inspired and I have hope.

I can't wait to vote!