Oh What a Day!

Wow!  It seems like ages ago when Jamil and I attended an Obama fundraiser in May 2007 at H2O in DC.  I kinda of remembered him from the 2004 DNC, but when I saw Obama on Oprah I was hooked!  So, attending the fundraiser in '07 was the beginning of my journey in politics.  Instead of keeping a distance and playing the "I just don't know enough to talk about the candidates and issues" card, I started reading and talking and listening and one of my favorite things about this educational process has been sharing it with Jamil.  We have very similar views, but we also challenge each other to think about the issues and really figure out for ourselves what it is that we believe in.  

So, after this long, windy road, it only seemed fitting that we go to the polls together on this historical election day.  We woke up around 5am and walked to our polling place conveniently located at South Lakes High School right next to our neighborhood to find over 200 people already there!  We made bets with the woman in front of us on how long it would take to make it through... much to my delight I grossly overestimated with my 1hr 20 min as it only took me 35 minutes ones the doors opened... thank you to Precinct 244!