It has been a crazy couple of months. I am beyond thrilled that the election is OVER and that we made some seriously awesome strides forward as a nation. Barack Obama was re-elected (I had been having serious anxiety about this, y’all – I was really afraid Romney might win), Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock were defeated, Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin were elected, citizens in Maine and Maryland voted to legalize gay marriage, and citizens in Colorado and Washington voted to decriminalize marijuana use. I don’t really care as much about the weed issue, as I’m not a toker myself, but I do think regulation is a step in the right direction.
square had a big party to watch the results come in and it was really fun to hang with everyone and cheer when things went our way (which they did A LOT).
There were kind of a lot of us and our waiter (seen in this photograph as a blurry magician) was super cool about it.
I woke up thinking about how much I love America. I mean: I really love America. Even though it’s totally messed up in a lot of respects. I have spent much time crying over this love. Because America breaks my heart at almost every turn, but I can’t help but love love love her.
But with the morning came a shocking realization:
“I have my pants on inside out and backwards.”
“So you do…so you do…”
Perhaps this is a metaphor for…something. Let’s turn it inside out and wear it backwards, this thing. Let’s see what happens.
With the late morning came a shocking miracle:
After a short, post-class meeting with Kevin, my awesome TA at CU, I drove down the hill to Naropa. Once there, I realized, much to my horror, that I had left my laptop sitting on the bench outside the Humanities building where we had been sitting and chatting. I panicked. I called Kev and he ran back over to check to see if it was still there as I sped back up the hill. Miracle of miracles: it was. Seriously. That could have been really bad, y’all.
It is a wonderful day to be an American, a wonderful day indeed.
Tonight: Matty arrives! Get your best whiskey ready!
tragically inept. 
…speaking of pants. Yesterday as I prepared to leave for the polls, I had many irritating interruptions and was left with only adding my pants & shoes. I was running late and grabbed the jeans I had worn previously on the floor in the closet (don’t judge….you do it too). As I got in my car I briefly thought….that felt weird. I continued on my mission ~ fast forward ~ I return to my car, and am reminded that it feels weird in my pants when I sit. When I got home I discovered that the leggings I had worn with the jeans previously were wadded in the ass of my pants making it look like a pant load! I was representing America with a pant load!
I hope your pants were on inside out and backward for much more rewarding reasons AND I am happy you recovered you laptop.
You make me LAFF! ~ Judi