A Blog Note at the End of 2008

Gone are the rants about politics or anger at those fearful Jeezy people who stole my religion. Gone are the evenings of pundit watching and political blog scouring. Gone are the poll updates and our big ass Obama sign. Soon GDubya will be gone too. Let's hope Sarah stays in Alaska.

Our brains seemed to be completely consumed in politics this year. Zmo's first steps occured the day of the caucus. Every morning started with Morning Edition and the evenings ended with Countdown. My husband shopped on Craigslist to ease the tension of a possible McCain presidency, while I watched the numbers come in on TV. Zmo chanted Obamaobamaobama as if it were a song.

But now that the ultimate game of Survivor is over.....what else is there to watch on TV? I hope... I hope for a year of Hope. I hope that we Americans are not let off the hook. That we are called to sacrifice and that we rise to the challenge. I hope that politicians will say "enough!" and they sit down and create a budget that works. I hope that people will no longer have their medical tragedies told on collection cans at Starbucks and Grocery stores; people should have the right to health care, good health care, just like our European and Canadian friends. I hope that Education will be a budget priority where people will be paid their worth and testing will become a tool instead of an end goal. I hope that people use less of our world resources so that our children will have a green world to live in. I hope for peace, people have seen enough terror in the 20th century alone, to last us thousands of lifetimes.

So let's all hope for a hopeful 2009.