The Eve of E-Day

I wish I had an inspiring, poetic quote to start this posting with, but I’m so exhausted that it’s an accomplishment to even have opened my computer to write at all when I got home. But it’s barely midnight of Election Day, and I had to write something. The last 3 days have been chaotic, crazed, incredible, energizing, inspiring, and exhausting all at the same time. I wanted so much, so many times, to stop and write to capture the moments, but even upon taking a quick breath there was something else urgent to do. So I’ve been keeping in mind the topic headers, and I’ll do my best to go back and write things in the few days following the election (so keep checking back) but I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to recreate it all the same. All I know is that this has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life, and although I’ve sacrificed a lot of time with friends and family that I only get once a year, I do think it was worth it. I owe a special thanks to my husband Steve for all his understanding and loving support. I made the commitment to do this over a year ago (thanks Pete, I owe you one), and to this day I don’t regret a single hour I spent working on this campaign- I believe in this election that much. And I say “this election” because although I really do believe with all my heart in Barack Obama, my volunteer experience has been as much about the power of local, community volunteerism as it has been about a national level political movement. We’ve got a whole day yet to go, with a lot of work to do tomorrow. But I have faith that our work tomorrow, and every day thus far, will prevail for us. So get out and vote!