And now is when I get sappy, a condition I previously exhibited only during dog food commercials.
I'm grateful today to be able to tell my kids that sometimes democracy actually works.
I'm grateful to be around to participate in this historic moment and, I hope, the ones to follow.
I'm grateful that I don't have to move to Canada. (No joke, I would've considered it. I hear you can see Alaska from there.)
I found myself (uncharacteristically) sobbing along with Jesse and Oprah during Obama's acceptance speech, and not just the part where he said he was getting his kids a puppy, although that did put me over the edge. In part, it was out of relief that this long, dark period may finally be coming to a close.
And now, because you know that sappy behavior just isn't sustainable coming from me...
On my morning jog today, I took great satisfaction in pointing and shouting a loud Nelson-the-bully "Ha-ha" to every house on my route with a McCain/Palin yard sign. (That is a Simpsons reference, for the pop culturally deprived, btw.) Especially the big house on the corner where they had the audacity to begin posting signs about six months ago. I passed that house twice.
Because, what is more American than gloating?
