The long campaign is over.
Tuesday, Election Day, started by voting first thing, before heading to the office. The day ended on an exciting note. After a quick supper following work, we camped in the living room, television on CBS' coverage, occasionally checking in on what MSNBC was saying, and the computer on. The Firefox browser was open with multiple tabs on the secretary of state's websites of key states: Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina, I threw in South Carolina for a contrast, Georgia (really not key, but our home for so much of our adult lives), Pennsylvania, and whatever other one seemed important at the moment.
We turned in around 10, not fully knowing who'd won, but more optimistic than ever that things were going to turn out right; that the low-intelligence Republicans that have been mismanaging and spending this country into poverty were going to be gone in mere months from center stage. And by the time we awoke in the morning, it was.
The gym on Wednesday was more interesting than usual. People were upbeat at 6 in the morning and we all engaged in some happy conversation about the election and how well it turned out. More smiles than usual at that time in the morning.
Most at the office were more chipper than usual on Wednesday. There was a feeling that things could only go up from here. A welcome outlook, given the dispiriting economic news and never ending self inflicted war mongering engaged in by the current government.
Will things truly be better going forward? Sure is hard to say, but hard to imagine it getting worse when we all know that individuals in powerful positions are more likely to be there in future years because of their abilities, not because of some faith background or someone's impression of their "soul" or fidelity to the current president.
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