Okay, I admit it, I'm a frigging wreck worrying about this election. I mean how devastating it would be if the unthinkable happens and Obama loses. We've come so far and for it to be taken away from us...well, it's just too much to bear.
So, I'm trying to think of good things. How wonderful it sounds when my 8 year old son sings the Messiah chorus but substitutes the word "Okabama" (he has a speech impediment and pronounces Barack's name like this) instead of "Hallelujah". How wonderful it felt when my daughter told me her undecided Republican leaning boyfriend made up his mind after Colin Powell's endorsement to vote for Obama.
How many people I saw this morning and this afternoon out on the streets wearing Obama buttons, it was like an epidemic I tell you! The smile on parent's faces when they bought their kids to my door for Halloween and saw not one, but two Obama lawn signs.
And so I don't go reaching for the Xanax, I'm looking at websites like this to calm me: Yes We Can Hold Babies
And I keep repeating the words "Yes, We Can!" and "Yes, We Will!" in my head.
I'm also looking at pictures like these: Obama/Biden in NC
And I'm praying and hoping and wishing. Calling in a gazillion favors from the universe that this country WILL be saved.
Tonight, I'll be emailing friends in the swing states reminding them to get their votes in. And maybe I'll even donate some more money to the campaign.
Tomorrow, more emails and I'm going to wear my Obama tee shirt AND my Obama sweatshirt to work. And then maybe some phone calls at lunch from the lists.
So, I'm still nervous and still worried, but I'm trying to think positive. I can't remember feeling like this when Bill Clinton ran or Al Gore or even John Kerry.
That's how special this election is....
So, what are the rest of you doing? I'd love to hear.