So, Capt. UberHusband and I went and voted this morning. We spent ten minutes walking to our local elementary school/polling location (beautiful, sunny day here…by the by), and exactly zero seconds in line. I swear, it took longer for me to brush my teeth this morning than it did to vote. I kind of feel bad for those early voters here in Texas who stood in line for an hour last week, figuring lines would be six hours long today. Oh well.

Like the sign? Our next-door neighbor was womanning the Democractic Party table outside the school and her blood definitely runs blue, not that there’s anything wrong with that. What I did find funny though, was her saying she’d been called a “nemesis” already this morning…and then following it up with a snide comment about being surprised the naysayer was able to come up with a word that big. If someone says something snarky to you and you say something snarky about that person, doesn’t one pretty much cancel the other out? Anyhoo, she gave us a “gift” for voting and I immediately came home, modified it, took a picture with it, then stuck it in our yard. Go me.

And remember, whatever the outcome…keep it together and don’t be an ass tomorrow. After all, none of us knows what the next four years could bring. I went and dug through the 2004 Snarkives and found my post from the last presidential election. It’s slightly unsettling to see how we thought we might actually be moving to Seattle. It’s even more unsettling to see we theoretically could have been moving back here from Seattle about now…well, had CU not unexpectedly been deployed to Iraq. Like I said, you never know.

With that, I’m off to get my free coffee at Starbucks, and then I think I’ll do some schoolwork. On tap for later on…guacamole and champagne. Hey, any excuse to bring out the bubbly.

As a side note, if you live in Collin County…don’t vote for Kenneth Maun for tax assessor. I mean…seriously, if you want change…change the name of the person you have to make your car registration payment check out to every year. 10 iterations are enough for me, thank you very much.