Election Day Results

The results of working the polls on Election Day??  ~A very tired body!  haha.

I wore comfortable shoes...but not my most comfortable shoes.  I'll know better next time.  It was a great experience...and yes, I would (and hopefully, will) do it again.

I learned a lot.  In addition to practicing what I learned in the training class, I learned how to handle situations (nothing serious) that came up but were not a part of the actual training beforehand.

Note to self:  Take ChapStick next time!   My lips became so chapped and sore from all of that talking, talking, talking!

Do I need to mention that I came home, crashed, and slept for more than 12 hours straight??!  :)

Election Day

Tomorrow, November 4th, is Election Day.

Election Day in the United States of America is the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.  It can fall on or between November 2nd and November 8th.  It is the day when popular ballots are held to select public officials.  These include national, state, and local government representatives at all levels.*

I'm going to be a poll worker.  This will be a new experience for me.  I'm excited to learn something new!

I took my mandatory three-hour training class the week before last.  ~Lots of information to absorb!  I passed my test at the end of the class.  ;o)

I have to be at the precinct to which I've been assigned at 6:00 am.  I will work until sometime after approximately 7:30 pm.  I'm sure it will be a looong day!

See you at the polls!  :)

*source:  Time and Date

Hooray...for the U.S.A.!

...an Independence Day lunch.

For lunch today, T ate the following:

• U.S.A.-shaped sandwich
• Snyder's Patriot Pretzels
• vanilla yogurt with raspberries and blueberries
• Newman's Own Alphabet Cookies (U, S, A) with mini m&m's in between
• milk with Hershey's Strawberry Syrup

The Uncle Sam hat is a ring, and the stars USA is a pick.

My inspiration for T's red (more like pink, actually) milk came from kewkew at Tots and Me.  Earlier this week, she tinted her children's milk blue.  Although, I have to say that when T saw his milk, he said "Pink. Yuck."  (He doesn't particularly like anything out of the ordinary.)

Did you know...?

"God Bless America" is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938.*

          ♪♫  God Bless America  ♫♪

             God bless America,
             Land that I love.
             Stand beside her, and guide her
             Through the night with a light from above.
             From the mountains, to the prairies,
             To the oceans, white with foam,
             God bless America, my home sweet home.
             God bless America, my home sweet home.

*source:
   wikipedia.org

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