Election Day....

So in case you hadn't heard, it's election day.  I voted.  Yep, voted, got my sticker, checked the pulse of the election judge because he looked old enough to have been in the Civil War and then headed off to work.  When all was said and done it took maybe ten minutes total and I think some of that has to do with the fact that my polling place switches every election without fail and no one is really sure where it is until sometime around two pm.  I was the 52 person to vote in my precinct, of course that was at 7:40 in the morning so I am hoping that the turn out gets better as the school day progresses.

I'm actually super psyched to watch election returns tonight.  I have a sick addiction to the constant guessing, pontificating and general broadcasters disappointment when a republican wins.  I can still remember when I was in seventh grade and it was a homework assignment to watch the returns.  It was 1980, Reagan, Carter and a third Party Candidate John Anderson.  Iranian Hostages were somewhere around 400 days of captivity.  Gas prices were at record highs and my parents were paying double digit interest on their home.  It was an interesting time in our history.  Russia was still our mortal enemy and there was an East and West Germany.  I was hooked and I still am.

I'm not one of those people who gets caught up in the whole if my guy doesn't win it's the end of the world.  I figure we've seen good and bad times from both parties and as a nation we continue on.  Our strength comes from our ability to adapt and change as needed.  For me that's what the election is really about.  Adaptation and Change.  So no matter what happens today, remember there's another election in two years and the ads should start sometime next week.