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29 febrero Ohio or BustI am heading for Ohio this weekend to do some door-knocking for my favorite presidential candidate! I've been asked by his peeps not to blog about it...so that's pretty much all I'm going to say. Leaving in 20 minutes and still am waiting for my laundry in the clothes dryer...gotta go. Will be back on Sunday night! 20 febrero winterLately, when I come home from work, all I can manage to do is eat dinner, then take a nap. My motivation to do anything that involves going out of my house is zero. I crave sweets and carbs. I cry at the drop of a hat. Even passionate political speeches get my tear ducts going. This is winter. I'm making the best of it. I've accepted the fact that I will see little of the outdoors for a couple more months. I stay home and lounge in my pajamas and bake cookies. It's not so bad. Except the crying part. Luckily, I live alone so there is no one around to witness my foolishness. 19 febrero goodnight moonI'm patiently waiting for the Wisconsin primary election results. The polls close in just a few minutes. Meanwhile, I received a text message from a friend that says, "The lady of the night is shining & sparkling ever so brightly! Oh, how immaculate the moon is!" I went to the window to behold the moon...and she is lovely. The night sky is clear and dark blue. I am tempted to go take an evening walk...but...it's 13 degrees. I'll admire the moon from my window. I can see her just fine from here. 12 febrero Happy Birthday, AbeThis election is keeping me in good spirits during this frigid winter. I don't have time to bemoan the cold because I'm too busy focusing on the election. And I don't mind being cooped up in the house since it just gives me more time to watch CNN election coverage. The staggered primaries give me something to look forward to. I think we should have an equally exciting event every winter. It would make winters in Chicago so much more bearable. I'm having a primary party tonight to watch the Potomac election returns. I'm all tingly with anticipation. I've got the day off today for good ol's Abe Lincoln's birthday. It's kind of silly considering Abe was born in Kentucky, not Illinois. But he lived most of his life in IL and was a senator here, and I guess that was his road to the presidency...hey, just like Obama. Maybe someday, my grandkids will get Obama's birthday as a holiday. ;-) I look forward to having my brother over tonight. He's a political genius. He teaches me so much. He must spent hours per day looking at political websites and blogs. He knows everything...all the stuff they don't mention on CNN. My brother is a few years younger than me...sometimes I wonder, hey, how did he get so smart? 06 febrero snowy dayI could barely keep my eyes open by 10 pm last night. I stayed up to hear Barack's speech, then retired to my bed. I woke up at 5 am to hear the news that Hillary won California. Although I'm glad Obama did as well as he did, this primary was a bit anti-climactic for me. There is no clear winner. The game continues. The weather is dreadful. The snow started coming down hard around noon. My afternoon commute left me covered in snow from head to toe. I am so grateful to be have a nice, warm place to live. I dragged myself to work today feeling very tired and cranky from the waiting for the bus in the freezing rain. Before I even walked in the door at work I was told by someone outside that the school's new phone system had crashed and the computers were also down (all that is my dept.). No calls could come in or out of the school. This is a problem on a day of bad weather...absent teachers and students had no way to contact the school. To figure out which classes were teacher-less we had to walk the halls after the bell rang to find any groups of kids waiting in the halls. In midst of the phone and server problems I was called to cover for a 1st grade until the sub arrived and then a fourth grade...then a computer teacher was absent. I took over her whole day of classes. It was a very busy day. Now I am home. I've eaten my dinner and ready to relax. 05 febrero Super Tuesday!I did end up voting early, and I'm glad I did. Now I'm home and free to spend the rest of the evening glued to the TV watching the election results. I'm going to take a nap now so that I can wake up when the polls close. I don't expect to sleep very much tonight. I had an argument with my boyfriend this morning. He hasn't been sharing my love for Obama. He has been suspiciously quiet whenever I talk about the second love of my life, Barack. I wish it were jealously...but unfortunately I suspected something far worse. He might be a Republican! Oh the horror. I've been avoiding asking him directly - out of fear. So this morning I sent him an email reminding him to go vote and also gave a summary of why everyone except Obama is the wrong candidate. Oooh. That did not go over well. Hence, my fears were warranted. My man is on Team RED. This is very bad indeed. I'm not sure if our relationship can survive such a strong blow. 03 febrero if you're undecided... |
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