Looking to the Future

Been kind of quiet around here, hasn't it? I took a little vacation last week. After several weeks of non-stop activity, I decided just to stop. Nothing dramatic - I went to work, did the dishes, and all that. But, I kept it basic. I feel like staying home tonight? Fine, that's what I'm going to do. There was one night where I way lying on the couch, watching TV, startled to realize I didn't even want to sew or knit. So, that's what I did. And after a week of slowing the pace down and a weekend of sleeping wonderfully ridiculous amounts, I'm feeling much better and ready to jump back in to life. Starting with a little catch up blogging.

One of the things we did in the exhausting week before my mini-vacation was attend a meet and greet with this guy.
Yep, the junior senator from Illinois. The event was perhaps not as well organized as it could have been, but it was still amazing. I am really inspired by him and expect great things out of him, so having the chance to be in a setting small enough to allow me to take this picture was pretty incredible.
And I'm downright thrilled, no matter what happens, to have a viable presidential candidate with dark skin. I watched this little guy, clambering up to get a good view and I thought "How about you? Will you run for president some day?"

It's a great time to be alive.

An Old-fashioned Horse Race

Last night was Super Tuesday and, in a lovely old fashioned twist, we spent the night gathered around the radio. (We found the TV coverage annoying and switched to NPR.) This allowed me to fulfill my politics craving and still knit lace. I finally managed to knit a few rows that I didn't have to tink because I'd gotten distracted.
It allowed Alex, on the other hand, to more easily watch the real time results and choose his own political analysts.Maybe not so old-fashioned after all, come to think of it.

We are definitely part of the excited Democratic electorate who finally has candidates that inspire us, though. Its an awful lot of excitement. Think we'll survive until November?