Leaving Cleveland

You've been good to me, Ohio. I have to say I'm sorry to say goodbye. The delicious autumn produce, the cozy supporter housing, and, most of all, the excitement of working towards something amazing with a fabulous group of people--these things are hard to leave.

Our week of glorious Indian summer finally over, Cleveland sent me off with the kind of gray, blustery day that reminds me it is November, and that all good things must come to an end. On to the next adventure...

Aftermath

Now we clean the office.

I've NEVER BEEN SO TIRED in all my life. I think the last few weeks finally caught up with me all at once now that the adrenalin is gone. My solid twelve hours of sleep last night didn't even make a dent. We finish cleaning up tomorrow, then I'm headed up to Michigan to visit my grandpa and hopefully recover fully. I want to thank everyone who helped send me here to Ohio, who supported me with kind words and texts and emails and fantastic care packages and ecstatic phone calls on election night. You should all feel like a little of you went to Ohio, too.

See you all back in Boston! Or California, DC, New York, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan, Washington, Florida, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pakistan, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Oregon, Arizona, and any other place you, my wonderful friends, are living that I plan to visit before too long...

Is it True?

CNN just called Ohio for Obama. I didn't believe it until then. Fox said it, then MSNBC, then NBC. I only believed it after I saw the blue state and the checkmark myself. I'm so happy. Thank you everyone, for getting me here.

Only the Waiting is Left...

Polls close in 1 minute.

We have done all we can here. That's a good feeling to have, no matter how this race turns out. Come on though, Ohio--I want you to be ours!!!!

One Last Time

Going out for my last canvass ever--due to losing so many of my people to Cleveland, we're short in Berea! So I'm headed out and very much looking forward to the fresh air. I hope I get to talk to some voters one more time...

The Craziness Begins

Well, all of my 12:30 shift volunteers just got pulled to downtown Cleveland. The bad news is that means our regions are only going to get hit with literature and canvassers once (we were hoping to hit them twice); the good news is that my topnotch, prepared volunteers are en route now to get out of the vote in the city. In 2004 disenfranchisement was rampant downtown; let's see how it goes this time around.

Into it

My 9:30 am shift went out without a hitch--25 volunteers fired up and ready to go, canvassing all over the towns of Berea and Middleburg Heights to make sure Obama supporters know how, when, and where to vote. The woman who is hosting this staging location cried a little talking about how important today's election is, and then I got to get everyone excited about being involved in this historic campaign. The coffee is working.