What a day!

Wow, what a day!  As ZMG said, we voted weeks ago.  We were both pretty excited (and nervous) about the outcome, and spent much of yesterday obsessively refreshing the news sites.  Of course, time zones being what they are, we went to bed before the polls closed.

Which meant that I got to wake up early, go fire up the laptop, nod, smile, and go back to our dark bedroom.  ZMG opened one eye to ask; I got to speak two words:

President Obama.

We both smiled and went back to sleep.

This is an amazing day for the United States, and I'm thrilled to be a part of it, even 4000 miles away.  Why?  Because in just 54 years, we've moved from Brown v. Board of Education to President-elect Obama; in 51 years, from the Little Rock Nine to President-elect Obama.  As several news commentators have said, The Dream is still not fulfilled, but this is clearly one of the pivotal moments in American history -- and we got to be part of it.

Not that there isn't plenty more to be done.  What were 52% of California voters thinking?

But let's finish this on a positive note:  

President Obama.

Amazing.