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November 6, 2008

Now that the election is over it seems like we are finally getting back to normal. The signs in the yards are slowly coming down, the radio commercials are over, and the cars are full of bumper stickers. There were so many this year I'm sure we'll be seeing them for years to come.

The rhetoric on the news stations is full of talking about what the future holds and who the cabinet appointees will be. It appears that my beloved country is ready for a change. Whether or not you like Dubya is not relevant, we have had the same President for 8 years ago and a lot has changed. George W. Bush was elected way back in November 2000! Boy that was a different time.

I was just recently 21 years old. I just moved in with Amanda and my friend Wes. I was an E-2 in the Army and fresh out of basic training. I was going to Purdue. I was skipping class to play Counter Strike. My brother had just graduated from high school. My sister was 7 years old. The twin towers were still standing. It was just a different world. Heck I didn't even own a cell phone yet!

I'm curious about how future generations will look at these eight years. Will they look at us and see a nation that stood together with tear filled eyes on 9/11? Will they reflect upon the horrors of Katrina? Will they pictures of empty subdivisions full of foreclosed houses? Will they be proud of what we did?

I don't think that W was the best president in our history, but he was tested in more ways than many of his predecessors.

Hopefully things continue to get back to normal for everyone. For Amanda and I we have a free weekend coming up. It will be nice to not have any commitments. These next six weekends will be busy with family gathering, work functions, dinners, and shopping. Thing will begin to feel really rushed and really busy really fast (yes, I said really three times a sentence). Thankfully this week has been one of the most beautiful Novembers that I can ever remember. It's been gorgeous outside...it's almost like God is giving us something wonderful to reunite everyone after the last few months.

Amanda and I both treated ourselves to iPhones on Monday night. It was pretty spontaneous but we are both pretty happy. We each had the Mogul from Sprint and it was terrible. I had went through 4 of them in a year. I was just sick of having to deal with it. The iPhone just seems like a breath of fresh air. It really stands above any of the other PDA type devices I have owned. I think that the hype about it is justified. On the plus side Amanda and I were both on expensive plans and by switching over to AT&T we should save about $40 a month on our cell phone bill, but that's in theory...you never know with cell bills! Sadly, after nearly 8 years with Sprint they let me go without a fight, and I had been paying $125 a month for my cell phone. So much for customer loyalty.

Amanda is sick with a cold. I thought this morning that I was coming down with one also, but so far feel fine. Tomorrow will be the real test. If I feel a little sick then....I will be screwed and get to feel like crap next week. It does seem like a lot of people are sick right now though....

I cleaned my office at work today. I mean really cleaned. I unloaded a bunch of spare parts out of my closet and cleaned off my entire desk. It feels so much better in here now!

Ok, I'm going to leave work early today since nearly everyone else is gone.