inauguration day!

i'm giddy with excitement about tomorrow's inauguration! i think i might be the only one in my general vicinity. anyhow, i feel such anticipation about the year 2009. nervousness, a bit of anxiety, hope, excitement...a lot of different emotions. and a lot of that is the new government. i know there are those out there who would like to dump cold water on my parade and tell me how bad it's gonna be, blah, blah, blah, but i choose to ignore them. this is MY hope, my anticipation.

i love inaugurations. i was so tempted to jump into my little van, raid my tiny savings, and hightail it all the way to washington. had jim not sprained his ankle friday night, i might just have been able to sell it. but tomorrow i will be watching. i will cry, i will get goose skin, i will feel a lump in my throat. not because of WHO, or even because of WHAT, but it's just how i am. some people cry at romantic comedies, some people cry at weddings, some people cry at everything else; but i cry at big political speeches.

also, max starts preschool tomorrow and that may make me cry a little bit harder.

and for the final, schmaltzy highlight of my day, i downloaded the song from Oprah.com, "america's song" sung by will.i.am, mary j.blige (that's my girl!!), bono, faith hill, and seal. it's free until tomorrow at 4 pm from her site. i don't watch oprah, don't particularly even like her, but i read an article which mentioned the song, and went and got it. so thanks oprah. sometimes you have good stuff :)

anyhow, it's a powerful song. full of all the above mentioned hope, etc. so i am gonna listen to it tomorrow and cry me a river.



*do you love inaugurations?"
*would you have gone to DC with me?*
*what makes you cry?*