BARACK OBAMA IS THE PRESIDENT-ELECT

When did you ever think we would have a Black president in office? It was so weird to even think of, now that has changed. Barack Obama has now shattered through every racial boundary that has existed and in a major way he has opened the door for future potential presidential candidates of other races to have the opportunity to run. This is truly a watershed moment in American history and I'm so glad it occurred in my lifetime!

Last night exactly at 11 pm, I had just finished watching Real Housewives of Atlanta when my brother comes through my door uninvited and says Obama had just won. I kind of did get tired of following CNN so I switched to Bravo and had totally forgotten to switch back. My instant reaction was to yell at him and told him to get out of my room, but he looked real serious. I immediately turned to CNN to see he actually had been elected! Being the over-emotional person that I am because I strongly believe in "capturing the moment" I stayed up watching all the coverage and woke up this morning at 6:30 am for class. My sister, brother and I were so excited, I really still can't believe he will be president. I'm literally one who believes in making a big deal of life's simplest occurrences and how much more this historic event! Hours before Obama was announced as the president-elect, my sister and I were talking about how crazy it was that we had just voted a couple hours ago and within a short time after, history literally took place.

Yesterday was the first time my two sisters and I voted, along with my old, cute grandma. She literally speaks no word of English but she wanted to vote for Obama since she became a citizen not too long ago. Maria, my sister took her to the poll and actually helped her--it was the cutest thing ever! Watching the entire coverage, I literally shed SOME tears, I'm not too too emotional and I was fighting sleep to see him speak at Grant Park. When I heard John McCain concede to Obama, I honestly felt for him because he did express some lament. But, I think we all knew who had it in the bag. It also seemed like it was new years, cities around the country were being broadcasted...the whole world was watching! Hopefully everything we want to see change in will happen, not in "one year or even one term" but eventually.