I was anticipating a long wait at the polls on Tuesday, and so I got up early to vote before work. Riley’s been very excited about the election, and had gone with me to vote at the primary, so I asked her if she wanted to go with me to vote if she was awake. “No, Mommy, wake me up so I can go with you.”
Usually we walk from home to vote, but I wasn’t sure how close I’d be cutting it for getting to work, so we drove. Our favorite coffee shop opened early for election day, so we swung by for coffee (for me), hot cocoa (Riley) and a blueberry muffin and headed to our assigned voting location. We had a little extra time, so I stopped along the way to stick some extra candidate signs up at key intersections (Brian wouldn’t let me put one in the yard. However, he did leave for one of his reservist trips the weekend before the election, so I warned him that as soon as he left I was putting a sign in the yard. And I did. But then it was stolen the next night...). By the time we arrived at the polline site it was 6:40 am, and the parking lot was full, as was all the nearby parking on the street. So, we parked a ways down the road and walked.
I was amazed at how long the line already was. And we were just at the bend in the line - it started up at the front of the church, wound all the way back to the end of the parking lot and then back up to be even with the front of the church again. Riley and I consumed our breakfast, I let her play some games on my iphone, we watched a “Handy Manny” cartoon, and then shared a “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” story with the family in line behind up, and FINALLY made it to the front. Riley sat and colored (and voted on her favorite part of school), while I completed my ballot.
By the time we got home it was 7:45.... but I count it as quality time with Riley!
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