I wanted to document this day in our online journal. Ryan and I woke up early and walked to our polling place (only 2 blocks from the house) this morning to vote. I don’t know how he voted on anything other than the Presidential ballot (we are both Barack Obama supporters, and proud of it, if you couldn’t tell). The line was out the door as soon as it opened up, but it was moving pretty quickly. People stood in line quietly, visiting with each other or just waiting patiently for their turn. It seemed like there were a lot more people in the 2nd half of the alphabet – our line was long, and the A-K lines were almost empty most of the time. Odd.

Now that we’ve done what we can, it’s kind of weird to sit here waiting for the day to end and the results to come in. There’s nothing else to be done. This is it…what we’ve been waiting for. And I’m so excited to be a part of it. Now I just hope it turns out the way I want it to. We are having some friends over tonight to hang out and watch the results. I’m thinking it’s going to be a happy get together. We are making buffalo chicken dip. It’s all a little surreal right now. I’ll say one thing – if Obama/Biden win, I will be elated not only because I agree with most of what they stand for, but also because I (hopefully) will not have to hear from Sarah Palin again until at least 2012. As I told a friend this morning, maybe she can find a respectable newspaper or magazine to read by then.

What are your election day stories? Were the lines long? Are you voting later on today? Fill us in.