Voting last week took some of the fun out of the fact that BARACK OBAMA WON THE ELECTION!!

I should have gone downtown to the million+ crowd in Grant Park, right by my alma mater, but I don't like big crowds. So it was better to watch the one hour Daily Show/Colbert Report Indecision 2008 special at home ( Read more... )

After a crazy morning, I went to a temp/permanent employment agency in Libertyville. The lady, Nancy, was super nice and was pretty positive she could place me. I'm going to go back there tomorrow at 11AM to take the proficiency tests and then I might have an interview afterwards ( Read more... )

Yesterday we had a voting extravagazna. Well, not really. My mom and I went and voted (they almost didn't let me - but I hadn't voted absentee because I knew I'd be home for the election), then did a little thrift shopping and errands while we waited for my slowpoke Grandma to get ready ( Read more... )

Frank Rich's op-ed on Sarah Palin is ( amazing )

I woke up at 4:30 this morning. Four. Thirty. In the morning! Was at the Village Hall at 5:30. We were locked out for a while, but we found a back door that our key worked in, so all was well ( Read more... )

I honestly ate about 20 strawberries today. Probably more like 30. I believe I could survive an entire year on strawberries alone. Yum.

I'm going to be sooooo exhausted tomorrow. But it should be fun. And patriotic. Go VOTE!Work was crazy today. I missed my lunch hour because I had to wait for the last patient to check out, and she was nursing her ( Read more... )

Talking with Leah the other day, we both realized we're almost 20. Which was more alarming than it should have been. But, just when you think you're getting really old, you go to an Election Judge update class and you're the youngest person there by, oh, I don't know, at least twice your age ( Read more... )