Election night, something that I had been looking forward to for the past two years. I spent the evening at one of my friend's home down in Pentagon City. We ordered pizza and watched all of the new channels at once, literally. My friend had a huge projector screen and we were able to segment each news channel on the huge screen so that we could watch CNN, FOX, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, and many other major news sources, including Comedy Central. Unfortunately I missed the actual moment when Obama was crowned the winner because I had fallen asleep and awoke only to hear McCain concede and then we hitched a ride to the metro, which is where my election night really began.
As we were sitting on the train, a bunch of students flooded the train chanting "Obama, Obama, Obama," and "Yes We Can". It was pretty cool to see everyone so charged up. When we jumped off the metro we saw hundreds of people running as fast as they could for the White House and I couldn't but help but run with them. We ran and chanted, sang, and danced in the middle of Washington DC. Cars were honking, many had pots and pans, other were shaking champagne all over, others were break dancing. When we finally reached the White House we saw thousands and thousands of people running around crazed over the elected president, Mr. Obama. I grabbed my friend Ashley and hoisted her on my shoulders so that that she could snap pictures and videos for me. I am not sure if I will ever see more people that energized over one person, it was amazing to watch and experience. It was a very memorable night for me and for many, many more.
P.S.- My hat goes off to Mr. Obama for chasing his dream and making it happen--it shows that the American dream is alive and well and can be fulfilled if one just believes and works hard enough.
Owen, I hope you know that even though you are far, we are all thinking of you on this special day of yours. You are the big 1!
We hope you are having a fabulous time on this one-year-old day, that your parents are giving you lots of attention, and you'd better get to eat as much cake as you want.
I wish we could be there to see it! We love you Owen and wish you the happiest birthday a one-year-old could ever have!
