Obama in town

Zach and I were lucky enough to see Obama in person for the second time in the past couple of years here in Las Vegas. This time was particularly exciting with the election so soon. Yesterday we both voted. Today we stood in the hot hot sun (it is the end of october, c'mon fall!!) for about 4 hours to see a brief appearance and ever familiar speech by the next President of the United States. We, as most people, have most of the facts that are mentioned in speeches memorized by now (with the exception of the latest mention of McCain comparing Obama to Bush!!! haha!) but what was interesting was just being involved in the movement. The protesters were fun to "take in". I have included some photos. wow. In the middle of Obama's speech he had to stop and ask a medic to go up to the balcony bc it seemed that someone fainted up there from the heat. It is almost November and we were sweating and I have a sunburn. Have I mentioned my love for Las Vegas lately? On our walk back to our car we happened to be blocked at an intersection that we needed to walk across by the motorcade which was quite a production. I spotted Obama inside on of the 3 identical tan SUV's smiling and waving at us from behind the window. very cool. The guy in the vehicle behind—not so cool. Very mean-looking holding a HUGE gun. So, Clayton, you still have me beat, you know with shaking his hand and all, but I got as close as i could:) I honestly cannot wait for this election to be over. It is such a stress-out not knowing the outcome for SUCH an important election. I am very happy that we are in a battleground state but I am not getting overly hopeful bc of what happened last time. I remember standing in my office in Winston-Salem, NC trying to fathom the fact that Bush had REALLY gotten re-elected. But, I am very hopeful. Very hopeful we will get a smart politician for President very very soon.