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I know I said I wasn’t going to say anything else political, but I’m just going to say this one last thing.  Then I’m done.  I swear.

Last night Y and I were sitting watching Oprah (in his defense, he doesn’t usually watch it, but it was her post-election special), and we started talking about what it’s like now that Obama has been elected.  In our entire lives, we have never had an inspirational leader.  It’s really exciting!!  We also feel like we’ve spent the last eight years feeling oppressed, unimportant and dismissed by our government.   Before Tuesday, I felt like my vote did not matter.  All this time, we’ve been fighting for THIS.  We’ve got it now!  We’ve elected a kick-ass president who really seems to represent what I care about.

So now what?

For the first time in my life, I feel somewhat quiet, politically.  I don’t need to be marching in the streets, screaming at the top of my lungs about how the election was stolen and all the ballots need to be re-counted.  I simply don’t know what to do!

We were all pray pray praying to get Obama elected, and now that he’s elected, I feel like we’re all staring at him, wide-eyed and expectant.  Now what? Tell me what to do, President Obama!  I’ll do it!  I’m here for you, man!  Reporting for duty!

This is so cool.  I’m so excited.

On the other hand, I’m also waiting somewhat impatiently for someone to tell me what to do to repeal Prop 8.  I feel like Prop 8 is a battle we can win, though.  This country, on the other hand?  I was very hopeless about this country just a week ago!  And now I have newfound hope!  It’s very exciting.