The other day when I was dealing with a lot of contractions (which have since died down to practically nothing) I was beginning to get a little concerned about something.  I was afraid I was going to end up in the hospital having this little one and miss my opportunity to vote in this election.

The other night I awoke several times because of a recurrent dream that I went in to labor and missed the polls.  I remember trying to talk the hospital staff into getting me a ballot or letting me out of the hospital for an hour so I could go and vote.

Yes, voting is that big of  a deal.  The young man at the polling center this morning (at the high school) who walked by and said he thought people were dumb and that voting was stupid probably would have thought I had gone off the deep end!

I do not see voting as much as a right as I do a privilege.  I was honored to be able to cast my ballot today!  Every vote counts even a little Alaskan one!

So, the restless nights of concern about missing my opportunity are gone and this little baby is now free to arrive!!!  Priorities after all, priorities!! LOL

Get out and VOTE!!

As I mentioned a couple of days ago my two eldest daughters are attending TeenPact this year.  If you missed that post then scroll down or go here.  The two girls have been coming home each evening very excited but last night tipped the scale.  They were bursting at the seams with excitement.

They have been listening to different representatives speak this week and putting questions to them.  But yesterday……

One daughter was able to meet the Representative Stoltz.  This was a neat experience.  This was the representative that she wrote to before TeenPact began.  She introduced herself and he paused and said, ” You live in “town name” on “our street name” and you have a sister named “sister’s name.”  She was stunned.  She told him yes sir.  He thanked her for her letter and told her that he had just sent her a letter in return.  She came home to find it on the table waiting for her.  There are approximately 90 students at TeenPact this year and she felt honored that he recognized her name and knew who she was.

The other daughter was taken with her class into a conference room.  They were trying to determine which chair was the Governor’s chair.  One girl (not my daughter) sat in it with permission.  They told her it was fine because he would not be in attendance.  A few minutes later the Governor walked in the room.  Went over to the chair and told the girl she had the best seat in the room, the Governor’s chair.  He was gracious and let her remain there.  I think that probably made her day.  So, my daughter was able to meet Governor Parnell.  That made her day!

So there was great excitement!  There is talk of wanting to be a page, volunteer to help staff TeenPact in the future, and to go for political science majors!  There are having a great time, learning so much, and learning how they can make difference!  I am sure they are planning on attending again next year.

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My hubby had the opportunity to be working when President Obama came through the base last week.  He didn’t actually meet him and speak to him like he did when President Bush came through and he wasn’t seated on the stage behind him like he was when Vice President Dick Cheney came through but he was in the same hanger and heard the speech.  Other than the fact that they made them switch out the planes in the hanger so the one he cut from the budget wouldn’t be there and that he couldn’t read the rank of someone correctly off the teleprompter, here are Hubby’s comments about the whole thing…..

“Stood around for 6 hours at the base just to hear Pres O speak for about 20 min. Lots of promises that made me think my taxes are going up.”