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Mom, Dad, did you cry? Maybe get a little choked up?  Or was it just me?  Was i the only gooner in this family who cried?

Wynd was here last night with her son Thor.  We had a blast.  i drank a couple glasses of champaign, Thor had hot chocolate and Wynd redecorated my tiny dining room.  

This is how real Americans celebrate the taking back of their country.

Well that... and doing a happy dance with Thor (recorded on Wynd's cell phone for posterity)

Being the gooner i am, i was watching the electoral vote count and adding 77 to the latest numbers.  77 represented the number of electoral votes on the west coast.  i knew California, Oregon and Washington were going to go for Obama so i knew somewhere in the six o'clock hour that he had won.

But, we restrained ourselves.  We held off doing the happy dance until 8pm when the networks called it. 

John McCain, the 2000 version, gave a very gracious concession speech last night and i am happy for him.  His PTSD was brought out in this campaign, in my opinion.  Since i'm a gooner and eat up all this political stuff, i caught a short video clip of John McCain driving his car out of his own garage today.  Back to normal life for John (the secret service left his side at 6am this morning - that's how they do it, i guess... weird).  He gets to drive his own car and go where he wants. Nice!  Gods bless you John. 

And 44?  He got to have breakfast with his daughters this morning.  Nice.  i wonder if they talked about the puppy?

Love you all,

C