Allright y'all, I'm feeling really good right now--and the "signs" around me were positive tonight.
First, my boss cancelled a late afternoon meeting, so I blew off some late night-GOP events today to go home and take S10 to the Yankee game given that we have not gone to a game alone this year.
And on the night when President Bush was making his acceptance speech a few miles away in MSG with his response to 9/11 being the most important issue to his re-election, the Yanks finished the night with 9 runs on 11 hits. The game ended just in time for us to hear the beginning of his speech on the radio and the rest at home.
I felt no unease speaking with W today. I called her first about taking S10 tonight to get her thoughts given that he was up late last night. And when I was home tonight, I proferred a few thoughts on the Bush speech as naturally as I would have if nothing had come between us. On this, I might have pushed a bit given that she had no response, but I'll back off a bit more tomorrow.
And while I know everyone's politics may be different, while he started slowly, I thought the President gave one of his finest sincere speeches of a vision of what he wants to accomplish and his humble role in the grand scheme of things. When he talked about being awed at meeting the families of those fallen in war and hearing that they were praying for him, that brought tears to my eyes. Whether you agree or disagree with Bush, I do believe he is doing his best to do what is right--and isn't that what all of us on this BB are trying to do? On that note, I couldn't help but feel anyhting but good about things tonight.
