Pre-election day
I was just on votePA to check on my voter registration status and lo and behold I'm not in the system. Dave is, but I'm not. Chalk it up to yet another complication based on two different last names living under one roof (scandalous!) or maybe I'm no longer registered. Also, no one's been sending any political propaganda to me. Dave's received some, and a guy who lived here sometime before we moved in five years ago has gotten some, but my inbox is empty. Normally I wouldn't panic about this because I do have in my hot little hands a valid voter registration card plus all sorts of other id's, but, wow, I really want to get to the polling place and vote without having any complications arise.
I was thinking on the drive to pick up Henry this afternoon that this election year my penchant to get out and vote is now largely driven by a desire to gleefully not vote for certain people. Although that was also the case during the last presidential election, this time the urge is even more powerful, and I'm still trying to figure out why that is. More access to the strong personalities of the candidates thanks to the media? Too many viewings of SNL election specials? I remember watching coverage of the presidential race in 2006 and thinking we were in for a loooong two years. Tomorrow night I'm looking forward to camping out on the couch and watching the election results roll in into the wee hours of the morning.