Civic duty complete

My accomplishments:
- I voted last week.
- I watched one friend's son while she voted (hooray, someone took me up on my offer!).
- I helped J get up really freakin' early this morning to go work our polling precinct.
- I brought J and all of his fellow poll workers freshly baked maple sugar cinnamon cookies. They *loved* them.
- In delivering said cookies I got a new "I voted" sticker for Doodle whom I then proceeded to photograph wearing the sticker (see my new profile pic).

I feel like this Election Day is going well. We won't have swim class tonight (cancelled, dangit!) but we'll hang out listening to the radio until J is done working. Then it's off to an Election Party for a while before turning in for the night with visions of a better tomorrow dancing in our heads.

Wishing you all a good and happy Election Day!

Today's the day...

Have you voted? No seriously. Have you?

If you haven't, I'm home all day. I can watch your kid(s), do some baking for your election party...whatever it is that's weighing on your mind and keeping you from going to the polls. You really have no excuse now.

This is really important. Please go vote.

Thank you.

Politic-related Anxiety

I may end up biting off all of my fingernails before tomorrow night is over. Why do I always get so emotionally invested in politics?

*thinking happy thoughts*

Please vote.

Goings on

1. Earlier this week Doodle asked me to write her name. I asked her what letter came first. She told me. I asked her what was next. Again, she new. This continued, and she was able to spell out her name for me! I'm beginning to think our little 22-month-old is a bit precocious!

2. I come from a stock of sturdy women. My 82 year old grandma is doing well after having surgery on one carotid artery followed by a frickin' triple-bypass in the same week two weeks ago. AND she is no longer smoking (keeping fingers crossed that it will last) after smoking for 70 years. Proof that she's back to herself? She was telling off the nurses in the hospital and being sassy with everyone. She has also started telling people that she just up and quit smoking cold turkey a month before her surgery (which is total bull. But that's grandma - she stretches the truth a bit).

3. More Doodle news: she's on a naked-butt kick. She doesn't want to wear diapers, so we let her run around naked. So far she has only accidentally peed on the floor twice - the rest of the time she has told us she needs to go potty, or just sat herself down on her little potty and gone. Wait, does this mean we've entered the land of potty-learning?

Sad goodbye

Our family has lost someone very dear to us. She was J's best friend his whole life.


Rest in peace Jessica. The world has lost a gentle, wonderful person far too soon.

Early voting, and an incentive

Alright all you Cache Valley readers, pay attention. Early voting is available this week in four convenient locations. All the info is below. There is talk that voter turnout will be huge this year, so beat the lines on Nov. 4th by voting early. Added incentive for my local friends: if you want to vote early, bring your kids over to my place. I'll watch them while you go vote. Give me maybe a half-hour advanced notice, but seriously. I want you to vote. I want to enable you to vote. Plus I like your kids. So bring 'em on over. Now you have no excuse to not vote. Check out the times and locations for early voting below, then let me know when you'll be stopping by. Happy Voting!

(to those without kids: I can watch pets or do grading too! I'm no help on the molecular-related lab work, but I can keep an eye out for cool birds in my backyard while you're busy voting if it'll make you feel better.)

Early Voting Locations and Times
Cache County Admin. Building
179 N. Main, First Floor, Logan, Utah
• Mon., Oct. 27 – Thurs., Oct. 30
8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Fri., Oct. 31
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Utah State University
TSC, Juniper Lounge (second floor by east entrance), Logan, Utah
• Mon., Oct. 27 – Thurs., Oct. 30
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Hyrum City Office
83 West Main, Hyrum, Utah
• Mon., Oct. 27 – Thurs. Oct. 30
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Smithfield Fire Station
325 W 100 N., Smithfield, Utah
• Mon., Oct. 27 – Thurs., Oct. 30
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Needed something to make me chuckle...

from xkcd.com