I did it! On my way into work I stopped at my polling place and voted!What a monumental campaign it's been, and whether Obama wins or McCain wins, significant history will be made today.
I'm not a really emotional person, but I almost got teary-eyed in the voting booth. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I don't often feel patriotic, but standing behind that curtain pushing buttons is one of the times when I do feel that way. The right to have a voice in our government is what makes the United States great.
By the way, I got lucky when I went to vote. I had to wait behind ONE person. I was in the polling place all of about 3 minutes. The worker I stood beside while waiting for the one person told me that there had been people waiting in line to vote 20 minutes before the polls even opened, that at one point the line had stretched outside, and that it had just settled down right before I walked in. So good for me. I walked into the building, signed a piece of paper, stood for about 30 seconds beside the worker, went into the booth, voted for a minute and a half, and then got out of there, grabbing my "I voted" sticker as I headed out the door.
I will wear it with pride for the rest of the day.
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