Amazing

I was standing in line this morning in the little cafe in the lobby of our office building, waiting to get coffee, when the radio started playing "dueling banjos."  I'm not kidding.  Before that it had been playing your average inoffensive rock, and when the first banjo notes came out, I was like "no...  that can't be what I think it is."  Time did not diminish my disbelief.  In fact, my disbelief only intensified as the song did.

But much more amazing is Barack Obama.  I was so anxious in the weeks leading to the election that I dared not get my hopes up.  I intended to go to an election party at Tatiana's, but I felt too sick.  I ended up watching quietly at home.  I regret not being out to celebrate, but I was feeling awful.  I wish I knew what scenes had been playing out in town that night.  My block was silent and empty.

I swear I'll get around to posting about showdown one of these days, but I see now that so much time has passed that there are a number of things to post about that have happened since then, including visits and weddings.  For now, I am starting on my second cold in a month and tired of being sick.  And tired.  But damn, America, maybe things are going to be alright after all.