I can tell my kids...

that I voted for Barack Obama, the first black president.
Last night I was having trouble sleeping. Obama was ahead in the polls, but he hadn't won yet. I stayed there in my bed tossing and turning until I couldn't handle it anymore. I got up checked at sometime during the 11 o'clock hour, and saw that Obama had won by a landslide. As I was reading the articles about the first black president of the United States a wave of emotion washed over me. Within seconds of finding out I heard screaming and starting looking for the origin. I opened my window and saw hundreds of people running and walking through the street up Broadway yelling "Obama!" and general exclamations of joy. Never in my life have I seen this. Growing up in the South in the 80's and 90's, it is not likely for people to "take to the streets."
Kevin and I have talked frequently about "taking to the streets" and how people used to do it, but not so much anymore in America. I heard a political analyst say that nothing like this has happened for my generation since the 1960's. It is very exciting.
Another thing I did last night was search for and read European news articles about the US election.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/