Today is election day and I know many folks are on pins and needles waiting to see the final outcome. For sure Baba and I will stay up late waiting for the final result. I remember 4 years ago when I was with my 2nd ex the Tin Man, we called Baba right after the results and both Baba and I were deliriously happy Obama won. I just hope to God he wins again tonight? We cannot have a republican in office, each time we do its been a nightmare and I have already lived with both Ronal ReaGUN~Zap! and both the Bushes eras! I can't bear having to do that again :/
As far as voting went, obviously as a diehard Democrat from birth and my 5th time voting in the presidential election, I take my civic duty seriously. I stood in line for about an hour and a half which is quite long considering it was early afternoon. I was annoyed too because district 19 lines were way longer than any other districts and then instead of 2 volunteers working, it came down to one. Not happy, I can't stand incompetency especially when 3 or 4 other volunteers are just standing around not working and this one poor lady all by herself dealing with two very massive lines for district 19. I looked her in the eyes and that was the only time I voiced while I was there, I told her "THANK YOU" because she needed to know I saw how hard she was working and I APPRECIATED she put up with that crap from her volunteer peers and still worked tiredlessly nonstop during the whole time I was there and that was 2 hours in total.
I lucked out this morning on the way to work I decided to use my car for the 1st time in days due to the gas shortage. Mostly because my work schedule is packed so close that I was afraid I wouldn't have time to vote and I figured my vote is worth the last bit of gas. Well I saw a gas station off of I-87 north and saw like one or two cars there. But no pink or yellow block off tapes so I decided to pull over and I was amazed when I asked one guy walking by passing me as I stepped out of the car, I asked him if there was any gas and he said yes! My faced must of showed my surprise because he laughed and said 'yes there's really gas here' and I couldn't believe my good fortunes! On the way back home though it was a different story, that same gas station now had police escorts and long line. However did I get so lucky?
In a way I am sure many NYers today had to face two very long lines
Either in terms of commute (gas station/public transportation)
And or
The voting lines
And for everyone who did and did it graciously without losing their cool, I applaud you, kudos! As I know many of us have had nothing but lines for days since Hurricane Sandy hit. I am impressed how quickly my city is bouncing back in a matter of 1 week we have accomplished quite a lot. Now let's see what this north east'ner storm brings tomorrow?
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