Gah. Election night. I'm so hopeful and yet...so not. I suppose that just the mere fact that we're starting fresh with someone new is a decent beginning. Because Christ, the man we currently call our leader botched things up but good. But enough of that. Soon enough, we'll know. And however it goes, history will be made and I like that my sons will grow up not even questioning why a woman or a person of color should be in the White House.
I took the twins for a walk in the stroller today to vote...as I headed back, I thought how wonderful that even in the suburbs, we live so close that we could walk instead of drive. And that the weather was balmy. And, the biggie: that I felt good enough to make the walk in the first place. Because on my mind has been Brandi: a mom in her 30s with a four-year-old daughter. Brandi is dying from complications from the BMT she underwent to cure her PNH...her docs give her a 5% chance of pulling through, but still. She's suffered quite a bit...what an ordeal for that family. I like Brandi a lot - I know her through the PNH Support Board and she and I corresponded a bit when I was pregnant with Smacky...she too is a reluctant expert on prematurity and delivery complications. She's also a firecracker - with a strong will, so she's the type to say screw to the doctors and make it through. I pray for her and her family. We can't lose her. We just can't.
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At Wavy's suggestion to video the twins, I snuck in on them as they were settling in for their nap today. I was able to record a few minutes before my stupid camera ran out of memory - I'll work on posting it right after this. It is adorable to see them interact when they think no one is looking...and they certainly are silly. Wish me luck with Google video - You Tube does not jibe well with my Mac apps and Typepad adds a whole new dimension of WTF to posting videos. By the way Typepad - would you please make me like you already? The only reason I haven't thrown the switch to Wordpress yet is because I harbor this delusion that someday soon I'll be able to make enough of a crafty inventory to sell here, through the store widget, and avoid dealing with an Etsy account and paying their commissions. Which is entirely feasible other than the fact that I can't foresee having time to craft anything until, um, yeah. Haha.
