It started out sane enough.  I dropped Spud off at school for his SAT study group.  he's retaking them next week.  He's insiting on it since he got a 1248 and wants to get a 1300 at least so he can have a broader choice of schools.  I'm completely happy with 1248 cuz it gets him in to almost any state school and some private ones like Drexel and NYU.  and i'm not spending 250.00 just so he can apply to Harvard and turn them down. *rolling eyes*..

Anyway.. after farting around at Albertson's on Charleston/Rainbow (Poly..that's by the Jamm's place) for 1.5 I headed back to pick him up. Our plan was to go to Meadows Mall to vote then run by the Palms.  At about 945a my phone rings and it's his dad.  "Did you go vote yet??" I said Nope in about 15 minutes.  "Are you at school?" "Yep" "stay right there' .. about 10 minutes later he rolls into the parking lot.  Turns out he wanted to be there when Spud voted.

In 1980, Dah came to the US via a visitors visa and stayed. It was well before the age of computers and was quite easy.  As an unspoken agreement we had, I agreed to help him and his kids get to the US legally and through Reagan's amnesty program we were able to accomplish that for him then file for the rest of the children. One by one and 1000's of $$ later we have them all here and with green cards awaiting citizenship.  With the exception of 1 who is here on a student visa but we hope one of the hospitals will hire her on so she can get her I-9 papers. 

Anyway..since he was young and could hear the music from Brownsville Tx, Dah always dreamed of being in America. Being an American.  It really doesn't look like he'll be able to get his citizenship but he is pretty content to know that he has a son that was born in the USA. 

So today we 3 went to Meadows Mall and watched with pride while our son stepped up to exercise his most important right of being a citizen, casting his ballot in what will become one of the most historical events since 1776, 1863 or 1965.

And as we watched him, Dah said.. don't you think that "Pawcha" and "Grandmother" are watching with pride as their cross cultural grandson casts his ballot? I said..well they'd be really surprised to know that 40 years after working tirelessly for the civil rights movement, preaching countless sermons and knocking on hundreds of doors in Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia that a man of mixed parentage would be able to be a contender for the "Most powerful office in the world" ..


OMG who the hell do I vote for???



His dad and I were both misty.  and the OBM opted not to come along.