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I have 2 friends who DID want to hang with me, because they knew I'd be nuttier than they are!!! S.O., however, does NOT want to be around me, because he thinks my excitement is...unseemly.
6:15 roll out of bed, make coffee, make bagel 6:30 gently ask S.O. to get up "honey, it's election day - can you get up and help me set up?" 6:40 start poking my S.O. in the shoulder "get up!!! get up, get up, get up!" 6:45 drive 250 yards to my polling place, and get cranky S.O.'s help unloading tables, chairs, sample ballots, flyers for local elections, stuffed donkeys, supply bag, (stickers, pens, snacks, magazine, cell phone, blackberry) 6:47 S.O. goes home and goes back to bed 6:50 stick signs in the firehouse lawn, preferably in front of the Republican signs 6:55 go inside and watch the machines be set up 7:00 vote before the doors open (FINALLY!! A PAYOFF FOR VOLUNTEERING AT THE POLLS FOR 12 YEARS!!!!) 7:01 traipse back outside and start greeting voters "here's a list of Democrats on the ballot". Take turns with doofus Republican Committeeperson showing new voters the big sample ballot posted on the wall outside the firehouse, and explaining what will happen once they go inside. 11:00 home for lunch, see what polling places might need relief coverage 2:30 back to poll 8:00 close up poll, hope there's no line 8:15 - ??? Sit down with the election judge and the doofus Republican Committee person, count the absentee ballots, and get a copy of the computer-generated tallies 9:00+ Tape the computer-generated tallies to the door of the firehouse 9:00+ Call in tally numbers to the Area Chairperson 9:30 Call 2 girlfriends, and head over to local pub with S.O. 9:45+ Tachycardia, shaking, trying to calm the adrenalin. 1:00+ S.O. drags my drunk ass back home, where I watch a few more minutes of election coverage before crashing
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