Obama Gets Elected (yesterday)

Well...this is the kind of event that our children or grandchildren ask about later on, so I will describe what I was doing yesterday.

Cindy was in the Poconos doing some event, and I called her to see if she was voting. She said, "Yes." She voted later with Sam (she pressed the button). She voted Republican and was not to happy to wait in line, and stand with some smelly people in the lines. Cindy asked me not to tell Jairo and he seemed very pro-Obama.

I went to Sanborns for lunch with Rafael, Fernanda, and Arturo. We talked a little bit about Politics, and jury duty. I paid with my credit card as I needed cash. My credit card was swallowed up by a Banorte ATM. I called, and they told me that because I have a new card for banking, my brokerage card was not good after 30 days.

My mouth is a mess as I bit my tongue and it hurts. In addition, I am getting over a cold. I really don't think the flu shot works.

At around 7:00 PM, they told us to evacuate as there was a fire in Reforma. Noel pulled us into an office and saw the flames in the corner of our street, and Reforma. We were joking that the Japanese restaurant, Suntory, had overcooked their Teppanyaki. I walked back to the hotel.

When I got to the hotel, I called the girls and we talked about who Mommy had voted for, and who I voted for. I explained to them that because I was in Mexico I had a tough time with voting, and I was not able to. The girls said they would have voted for Obama, and that Mommy, Danny, and Dotsy also voted for him. I told them that in the next election I would take them to help me vote. I asked Anna to figure out when Gaby was going to be able to vote, not next, but the following election; and when she was going to vote.

I also would like to mention that on Monday, today is Wednesday, I called Gaby, and I helped her with her homework. She had homework on percentages. I really enjoyed it. Anna was watching TV, so she did not pay too much attention to me.

I ordered Arrachera Tampiquenia for dinner, and started watching the elections. In between the coverage, I heard that the fire that had caused the evacuation was a jetlear that had crashed, and the carry high government officials, including the interior secretary. These individuals were key in the fight against organized crime, and drug smuggling. I heard the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, give a moving speech about his best friend. He was moved, but delivered his speech calmly and with force.

Later I continued watching the election results, and pretty soon it was apparent that Obama was going to win. I watched the election partly in the Spanish Network (from Spain). It was very interesting listening the observations of people who were not American. They mentioned about how religious America was and commented about how all speeches ended with "God bless you, and God bless America." I also saw the speech from John MCain, and I thought it was excellent.

In the end, I saw the accpetance speech from Obama and I thought it was good, but not as good as I expected it. I liked the fact that he said that anything is possible in America, and that we will continue to fight those who spread hate. I saw Jesse Jackson cry, and many people moved during the acceptance speech. Oprah was there.

Before I went to sleep, I called Cindy to tell her about the plane and also that Pennsylvania had voted Democrat. She was very tired, and did not stay up to watch the elections. I am trying to remember where I saw the past elections.