Red, White, and Blue

It's been a few days and I apologize. I've been wrapped up in mommyland, nothing particularly interesting to report. Yes my daughter is still adorable and yes Halloween was great; a glutenous capitalist holiday created by Hershey's and Hallmark. I'd rather we focused more on the "trick" than the "treat," but that's just me. :) I say that only because I'm having a bit of a down week with self image. The baby weight is not coming off as easily as it came on.

But much more importantly, Obama was elected President of the United States just two night ago. This was a momentous occasion -- a historical first and very inspiring. For the first time in years I've felt a little thing I call hope. Hope that America's image and actions abroad can change, hope that our country can unite and celebrate diversity, and hope that the American dream still exists. With all of this talk of disaster with the financial markets and the ho-hum of the economy it's nice to have a brief infusion of something bright.

I am proud to be an American again. Hopefully, there's that word again, the world can view the past 8 years as the Bush years and not just as American's years. The war, the economy, our foreign relationships... hopefully these will all change.