Election Night -- Oh What a Night!

Election Day started off pretty quietly. I watched the morning news to see what was being covered.

The interesting dynamic this year was how people in storm-torn areas were dealing with getting out to the polls. In New York voters could go to any voting station, in New Jersey voters could email their votes. I think the highlight for me that morning was when Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey responded to people's complaints about their emails bouncing back. He told them, "get off your butt" and vote. Wow! Strong and eloquent words!

Then the long wait until the evening when we would find out how our next four years would be determined! My sister and brother-in-law joined us and we all enjoyed Election Night pizza as we waited for the votes to be counted. I felt that some of the networks -- especially NBC were making too many projections, they were calling states when only very small percentages of votes had actually been submitted. I also found it interesting that at no time did the networks seem to have similar counts. How does that happen?

I stayed up for it all, well after my sister and brother-in-law went home. I put on my p.j.s and watched as Romney conceded and after a brief snooze (I tried my hardest!) I woke up just as the first family was taking the stage. At this point it was after 1:30 am, almost nothing that President Obama said registered with me at that point, but his energy and the energy of his audience moved me. I'm not one to talk to the television, but I was punching the sky and cheering along with the crowd. I wish I knew what he was saying, but that part of my brain was already in bed. I know west-coasters don't like that their geography means their votes often "don't count" but on the bright side, they could have been it bed by 11!