The first day of the rest of our lives!!!!!!!
Nov 5, 2008 at 7:12 AM 
I woke up this morning to catch my 6am cup of Cafe Bustelo. Everyone in my house is buzzing, and it is not from the caffeine. Our guy, Our president won! My grandmother always used to say...at any significant crossroad in our lives..."This is the first day of the rest of your life." I'm hyped. I am excited by the promise of this victory. I am excited how our world image will be restored to new levels-- but mostly by the fact that there is a palpable energy---and we must seize on it to tackle all the challenges we face as a team. That is the best by-product of this day, and our new President: you get the hunch that he has the chops to really steer the boat.
I went to grab for my remote control for the kitchen TV. For some reason the signal is dead. I went into the family room as well. No signal either. At first I was angry. But as my kids came down for cereal-- it occurred to me there are more important things than TV, particularly on this day. Fuck CNN. No Fox. No Nicktoons or Noggin. Who needs ESPN? We sat here and talked about what happened. Doesn't matter that they are just 6, 4 and almost 2 years old. They volleyed back and forth with me. Ella, the little one keeps repeating..."i like OBAMA". Alex is ear-to-ear. Sage can't wait to go with me to D.C.. I hope they never forget this day. I won't.
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remember remember the 5th of novemeber!!!
As a 20 year old male college student, I sat and watched the TV last night like I was watching the Super Bowl. When the clock hit 11pm and Obama was declared the official winner, I almost cried. Finally I had the feeling that my President, it was my first election, was going to be in office for me. As I was driving to campus this morning it hit me again as I said to myself repeatedly, "We're in there now." Last night was the first time in a long time that I went to sleep with a clear peaceful mind, and a smile on my face. I have a good feeling that after January 20th, 2009 I will have a lot more nights like last night......"We're in there now."
this will be a day and time we will all remember for the rest of our lives. Glad yours was memorable too!!!