It's Election Day! Why am I not excited about it?

 

And today is election day!  I hope you all get out and vote today if you haven't voted already. If you decide not to vote, that's your decision too. I wish you would, but I don't condemn you if you don't.  Sometimes it's just the way things go.

Every time I go to vote, I'm always reminded of going with my parents to vote when I was a child.  I don't remember how many polling stations there were in Monroe when I was growing up but they always voted at the same place.  On Sunset Ave., beside the Methodist church, was the Boy Scout Hut.  I don't know if it's still there or not, but it was a small building and that's where they voted.  I remember the parking lot always being full of signs.  When I was very young and couldn't be left out in the car, I would go in and stand beside Mom or Dad as they voted.  Back then, they had curtained off areas for privacy.  I don't think that's done anymore either LOL  Still, I remember going in with them and watching it all.

As a child, I couldn't wait until I was old enough to go into that booth on my own and vote.  I looked forward to that.  Now, as an adult, not so much.  I vote, I just don't enjoy it.  I don't do it out of a sense of pride or, for that matter, a sense of duty.  These days I pretty much just vote so that I can tell people I voted and don't have to get any slack for it.  Another reason I don't mind if someone chooses to sit out an election here or there.  It's very taxing on the soul.  At least, it is on my soul.

I don't really care who you vote for, as long as you are making an educated choice.  I'm a registered Democrat but I'm not a stupid Democrat.  I rarely vote straight party ticket because I do my homework.  You have to these days.  The political ads almost never tell you what a candidate has actually done that's positive, but what their opposing candidate has done that's negative.  I don't learn anything that way.  It just frustrates me and that's why I have to research.  

But, I did it.  I voted.  I got my sticker.  I got my pen.  It's in God's hands now.  And, no, despite what some people think, God is neither Democrat or Republican.  I will hopefully survive whatever the results are.  After all, what other choice do I have?

That is all.