Presidential Elections: A Brief Personal History in Run-on Sentences November 5
1996: My first voting experience! I had to vote with a provisional ballot because there was some problem with my registration. That was a bummer, but voting was cool. I have to admit it was just another of many new experiences I was enjoying now that I was finally out in the wide world on my own.
2000: The day after the election not only did we not know who would be our next president, the company I worked for was sold to a larger one. Between the vote recount drama and how the company sale and transition were handled I got my first full adult sized dose of “life is unfair”.
2004: We moved into this apartment the day before the election, I spent the day of the election working in a yarn store and taught a 70’s TV starlet how to crochet, the day after the election I recall just sitting among my pile of boxes and wondering what people were thinking…
2008: I lost my driver’s license because I didn’t put it right back into my wallet while I waited for my ballot, I started serious therapy for my depression, even my brother voted for Obama and we won!