Yes, We Did!

I'm coming down off a sleep-deprivation high after staying up all night on November 4th, watching the U.S. election results roll in, and then hosting a breakfast yesterday morning as Obama was named president-elect. First, I went to the very fun and huge Democrats Abroad party at a downtown hotel (that's my friend Tanja and me, having a pariotic moment at the party). Then, at 6 am Stockholm time, nine of my Swedish friends were munching pancakes at my apartment, huddled around the little TV set as our hero gave his historic speech.

Truly amazing, that's all I can say. (Well, I could say a lot more, but there's plenty of Obama coverage on every newspaper and TV station around the world, so I'll refrain.) But, wow, going to work was hard for me yesterday. I powered through, fueled by sugar-free Red Bulls and a renewed hope in the future of democracy. And then I went to a work dinner at a surreally sceney Stockholm media hotspot, after which I awoke in the middle of the night in a panic because I dreamt that "something bad" had happened to Obama.

So today I have a spooky pair of hollows under my eyes, and wow, it was hard going to work. But I powered through, fueled by sugar-free Red Bulls and a renewed hope in the future of democracy. Sheesh. Here's hoping election day doesn't turn into Groundhog Day.