Election Day!

Hi everyone,
I thought I would share with you my day voting at the polls for the primary election we just had. After leaving from getting my hair cut and colored I remembered on my way home that I hadn't voted. So off I go to the small church on Broadway to vote. After arriving I was shocked to see the parking lot FULL and the line down the street. I thought wow I'll be here forever. I was lucky and found a parking close and got in line.

Jamie and I had requested a early ballot and of course it came the day of the election in the mail. I had it in the car (long story short) I asked if I could hand it to them and they said absolutely! Off I go passed all these people in line and a part of me felt good then I felt bad for them. I was told the wait was 2 hours long. After I placed my ballot in the proper box I looked over to see the table where you had to check in with your 2 PROPER ID'S there sat 5 Little (I mean little) old ladies. I thought Ahh that's why the line isn't moving. I heard someone say they were there since 5:30 AM with no lunch or breaks. Well quess what? I asked if I could help in any way because I had a couple of hours to kill. They said are you kidding, yes we'd love to have you. Within minutes I was sitting in the middle of these sweet little ladies. Okay remember I mentioned I had just had my hair cut and colored so you can imagine what I looked like. I told my hairdresser to just blow dry my hair because I was going straight home. I arrived at 3:00 and guess what time I got home? The polls close at 7:00 but if you are in line you get to vote. The last voter came thru at 8:30 pm. Then these ladies had to break everything down. They said they had another 2 hours of work to do. I said are you kidding me! They said yes we have to count all the open ballots that were not used and break down the voting booths. I told them you start counting the ballots and I'll break these booths down and we will be out of here by 9:00. They just looked at each other and laughed! They probably were thinking ROOKIE!

Well guess what were were out of there at 9:00. They kept telling me I was an angel sent from heaven. I told them no I learned so much from them in those 6 hours and loved every minute of it until I looked in the mirror and saw my hair! I learned so much about behind the scenes when voting. Also I got to see friends, neighbors, and people I went to high school with years ago. Just wish I would have had a better hair day! Hope you voted!

PS. No for the first time I didn't have my camera in my purse!