Whew! What a DAY!!!

It all began with an early breakfast...

strawberries,

cottage cheese, cranberry juice...

followed by a 40 mile drive east across the valley

to the car dealership...

for an oil and filter change,

chassis lube,

multi point inspection,

and drain plug replacement.

Exciting...right??? Well, it took 2 hours!

This was all accompanied by way too much Starbucks,

multiple mini muffins,

and

a quite bit of sketching.

This was to precede a trip 10 miles to the north valley

to visit with mom and dad...

sharing stories of Rob's 4 day Inca trail adventure trek

to the ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru...

hugs and kisses, too

before beginning the 45 mile drive back home

west across the valley.

Hungry again...

we stopped at Coco's for eggs Florentine,

fruit, another muffin,

and more coffee...

all topped of with a small ice cream cone at the

Grand Cafe.

Once home...at 4:30 mountain time...

we became inundated

with the early returns of election results from the east coast.

Now...mind you...we still had 2.5 hours of open polls

here in Arizona.

Sooooo...

we decided to escape the early election madness

and go to the pool only

to find out that the rec center was a local polling place...

and of course, it was still open!

(Note: we voted early

when we were back in Illinois

so the fact that this was a polling place

was news to me!)

At least

the sunset was magnificent...outlining the palm trees..

as sentinels in the desert sky.

That did a lot to soothe the savage beast.

   Sooo...after water walking and some star gazing

chill time in the hot tub

we headed home.

I painted...this journal page actually...

while listening to more early projections...now 5% of precints in...!!!

Jeesch...the west coast is still voting!

Aggravation rebuilding...!!!

Soooo...

I grabbed the remote and flipped to QVC for a diversion

from the election chaos...

and ended up

buying a Rowenta iron on 2 easy payments.

Go figure!

I then checked emails,

had a bowl of cereal...felt bloated...

and continued to watch returns.

Slowly, and surely, the election map began filling in.

My heart began to race...as things began to get

fairly final.

What???!!!

Barack Obama was re-elected to serve

another term as president.

Unbelievable!

What a day...What a night!

I think I am still hyped up on caffeine...

as I just looked at the length of this post...and it's a bit much!

So there you have it folks...

a day in my life...

"All signed, sealed, and delivered"...she's yours!

I am over the moon happy!

Congrats, Mr President!

Indeed it was a very, very...good...day...:)

Plus,

I think I may just have to move to Colorado...

Inhale...exhale...Ahhhh!

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone...

you may cherish the sweetest reflection

that your vote is never lost.”

~John Quincy Adams