“You
have your way. I have my way.
As for the right way, the correct way, and the
only way,
it does not exist”
Friedrich
Nietzsche
This
is one of my favorite quotes, if not my favorite. I thought it was appropriate
for today. Election Day.
I
voted as you can see. I have my sticker. I feel patriotic and all. I've done my civic duty!
I
vote at the little grade school (that’s not so little anymore) one block from
my house and it’s where my kids went to school. It used to be a madhouse on Election
Day. Kids were in attendance. People walked in and out of the school at will. Canvassers
(or whatever they’re called) standing out front handing out flyers and exit surveyors inquiring for whom we voted. There seemed
more pomp and circumstance involved back in the day.
These
days, security is tight. There’s no access to the school unless you’re on
official business with your student, a teacher or the PTA. I liked it the old
way better but I understand.
I
live in a small community and, this year, it was quiet as could be. Everyone’s mood seemed chipper. Of course, I ran into five people I knew on my way in
and five more on the way out. It took 30 minutes door-to-door to
navigate the process but I was glad to see everyone out and about on this sunny
day.
Our polling place is a mecca for the elderly here because they serve coffee. Toddlers ran around the gym licking suckers as their mom’s voted. Dogs were tied up to trees outside the school doors.
While I knew everyone on the ballot because they are all long serving politicians in our area, the only one I actually "know" is the guy who will be our State's Attorney because he lives in our little village, on the street where I used to live. Otherwise, besides the President, everything around here stays status quo as most are running unopposed.
Truthfully, this
is how I really feel today.
I
will most probably stay up until the President is determined. It sort of chaps
me that it’s all in the hands of the Electoral College and that my vote doesn’t
“really” count but so be it. My hubby will stay up.
I’ll
read my book with one ear open.
I’ll
be happy when the sunrises tomorrow and the phone stops ringing non-stop and we
all begin moving forward.
The song below is not included here as any sort of political statement or indication of my support one way or another even though I just saw for whom Kid Rock endorsed when I embedded this video. It has nothing to do with that.
Rock your vote!!!
