For the first time since I started voting over 20 years ago, I believe I am going to be awake when the results of the presidential election are announced. I will be at school when the announcement is made, I hope to have my computer on when the decision is clear.
I never worked so hard to cast my own ballot -- absentee voting is a fascinating process. After filling out and scanning an absentee ballot request, which was rejected, I filled out an electronic request for my ballot, then had the ballot sent to me as a pdf from the town clerk in Beverly (Jane Murphy is her name and she was incredibly responsive to my needs), filled it out scanned it and sent it back. Of course you can imagine the rigmarole required just to have the ballot printed and then to get it scanned and emailed to me! Anyway, late last week I got confirmation that my vote had been completed.
On the home front, there is something wrong with the hose to the water tank and we are currently living without any water. It started to become a problem yesterday morning, we all washed our hair in the sink when it became clear that all we would get out of the shower head was a trickle. By the evening there was no water at all and we went out to eat. Not sure what today will hold, but I am worried that it won't be fixed before my in-laws arrive tomorrow evening.
I never worked so hard to cast my own ballot -- absentee voting is a fascinating process. After filling out and scanning an absentee ballot request, which was rejected, I filled out an electronic request for my ballot, then had the ballot sent to me as a pdf from the town clerk in Beverly (Jane Murphy is her name and she was incredibly responsive to my needs), filled it out scanned it and sent it back. Of course you can imagine the rigmarole required just to have the ballot printed and then to get it scanned and emailed to me! Anyway, late last week I got confirmation that my vote had been completed.
On the home front, there is something wrong with the hose to the water tank and we are currently living without any water. It started to become a problem yesterday morning, we all washed our hair in the sink when it became clear that all we would get out of the shower head was a trickle. By the evening there was no water at all and we went out to eat. Not sure what today will hold, but I am worried that it won't be fixed before my in-laws arrive tomorrow evening.
Well, its a happy and exhausted morning at the Gamble residence this morning. Thank you Chris for pursuing the arduous journey to cast your vote! There were so many stories yesterday of people waiting in long lines, new yorkers using their precious gasoline to get to distant polling places, families camping out at polling centers because they were warm and had electricity. I am beginning to relax, to really take it in. the shots of Chicago last night just said it all...DIVERSITY! Thats the America I want to thrive in!
ReplyDeleteNow lets hope Obama gets tougher on environmental issues and selects progressive supreme court justices. Four more years. Four more years.
I'm sorry about the water problem. It reminds me of the folks in NY and NJ who have been going through so much for too long now.
If nothing else, this trip will help all of you appreciate infrastructure. Can you imagine trying to cast an Sikkimese/Indian ballot from the US?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the vote. Have fun with Patricia and Don. I hope you do get some water for their visit.