I can't sleep.

[Drunken Irishman]

This is like Christmas Eve mixed in with how I felt prior to the 2004 Utah-BYU game which put Utah in the Fiesta Bowl, making them the first non-BCS team to ever play in a BCS game. I knew in '04 the Utes would win against the Cougars, but I was still nervous because nothing is a sure thing and there was the thought it could be a close contest.

That is how I feel now. I know Obama will win, at least I think he will, but there isn't a sure thing and it might be a close contest. Regardless, I'm more excited than nervous, but the mix is not helping me right now!

[Curtland1015]

1. My wife and I are going to vote in about two hours. I can't F*CKING WAIT!

It's gonna be one of the proudest moments of my life!

[barbtries]

42. so i just woke up

and presumably you're fixing to vote right now. OBAMA.

it is going to be so hard to concentrate today. so hard.

[Joe the Liberal]

2. Me too, its 2:37 here in CO......

I'm still up but I might just go to bed soon and hopefully wake up to a very good day tomorrow :)

[Wetzelbill]

5. same time in AZ

I just woke up though, we're on opposite schedules, lol.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I'm in Utah, so same time zone!

[Wetzelbill]

3. Same here

I kept thinking about my election day blog, and I had to get up and start it, lol.

[eeyore]

4. Repeat after me...

President. Barack. Obama.

It's your new mantra.

Feel the calm. Feel the inevitable.

President. Barack. Obama.

[DainBramaged]

12. 44

[woolldog]

6. I'm fairly confident Obama will win...

But I want it to be over quickly, hence my wondering about the tightening polls in FL, NC, and OH. I don't want it to be close.

[Drunken Irishman]

8. If the polls are correct and Obama wins VA by 4+, it will be.

[DainBramaged]

9. Me either, too excited and happy to be here

A year ago to the day, I had my second brain tumor in seven years removed. I asked Him that I live to see this Historic day. And I think I made it. And after 14 consecutive years of Rethuglican rule that has decimated the America I know and love, I am here to watch the sea change in American Politics come to fruition. GOBAMA

[Drunken Irishman]

17. Aww.

:hug:

[d_b]

10. I'm with ya.

fug it. I'm gonna take a late night drive around Anchorage.

[AtomicKitten]

11. I can't do anything, sleep or work. I feel like I'm holding my breath.

[mvd]

13. Been trying all night, but I can't sleep either

Even though I'm feeling great about our chances.

[mvd]

20. And I'm in PA

It's a good thing I always sleep well into the morning anyway.

[nico818]

14. I'm not going to sleep. I'm heading to the polls when they open! n/t

[adam13uk]

15. Sleepless night here too

Longtime lurker, just joined the board to be sure of keeping up with the board as the election progresses!

I couldn't sleep at all last night - got an exam today which would have been one thing but combined with the nervousness over the election I just watched the news channels all night! What a shame about Barack's grandmother; she may have missed seeing the result, but she at least lived long enough to see the way he's run his campaign with dignity and honesty, showing the world you can conduct yourself with class in the face of vicious opposition.

[Drunken Irishman]

18. Welcome to the board!

:hi:

[foxglove1]

19. Welcome to DU!

Posting on DU, that is!

:hi:

Sue

[mvd]

23. Welcome to DU!

Yes, it's sad that she didn't live to see him be elected. :-(

[adam13uk]

37. Thanks for the welcome guys!

Will be glued to the TV with my laptop on in the small hours of the night over here (Manchester, UK) awaiting the result - took tomorrow off work specially! :)

[illuminaughty]

38. I like to think she's more conscious than ever now

that she's passed on and she'll be watching.

[Jeanette in FL]

16. Same here in North Florida

Kept waking up every hour or so feeling like I had slept the whole night.

Can't wait to go vote when the polls later this morning.

This is going to be a long day waiting for the polls to close and the returns to start coming in but well worth it.

Third times a charm, after what happened to us in 2000 and 2004.

GOBAMA !!!!!!!

[Drunken Irishman]

21. haha, just like a kid on Christmas Eve.

Gosh, I remember those nights, where you woke up maybe after an hour of sleep thinking you had slept for five. Then you look at the clock, only to realize it was a 60 minute nap.

Ah, this is our Christmas Eve and there is a big gift nicely wrapped under the tree with our name on it! :D

[TheReckoner]

22. Me either

Watching CNN and working on a novel. My nerves are in check...for now. I will be a full blown mess by mid-day.

[PretzelWarrior]

24. it is just before 2:00am here on west coast. still awake

I may sleep. but we'll see. I am so sleep deprived now..... but we can hang on for just a bit longer.

[LibertyorDeath]

25. Take 10 of these and go to bed !

[Drunken Irishman]

28. Of her? Certainly!!

[illuminaughty]

40. How did you get my picture? LOL

Hell, you could drink twenty of those and I still wouldn't look like that.

[Cali_Democrat]

26. So you're a Utah Utes supporter

Good.....I hate BYU ;-)


Go UCLA!!!

[Drunken Irishman]

27. That game pissed me off!

I was driving up to Logan, Utah for the Utah-Utah State game when the Bruins were getting the crap kicked out of them by BYU and I thought, "Shit, they're good", but now I just realized -- and no offense -- UCLA sucks.

But yeah, I hate 'em too! :D

[Cali_Democrat]

30. We had that Las Vegas bowl against them last year and they won on a fluke blocked field goal

:mad:

At least we got basketball!!!

w00t!!

:bounce:

[Drunken Irishman]

33. oooh, that pissed me off more!

I was at the UCLA-Utah game that year, though and it was nice. ;)

[Cali_Democrat]

35. Oh man....that was a total massacre

:yoiks:

[vademocrat]

29. I woke up about an hour ago and can't get back to sleep -

I'm in shock (the good kind) that Obama had 80-100 thousand people in Manassas earlier. That makes me feel good - Manassas has been a VERY red area of VA.

It's raining here in Richmond this morning so I hope the lines aren't too long...luckily it's not really cold.

Counting the hours now!

[tedoll78]

31. Me neither. But I'm getting housework done in the meantime.

The floors are all mopped. I shampooed the area rug in the living room. The kitchen is sparkly clean. The laundry is done and folded. I even dusted! All of this, done after midnight.
I have my gumbo ingredients defrosting right now. This evening will be a day for gluttony!

My blue devotional candles are all lit throughout the house. They'll burn all day and night. Looks really nice.

Nothing much left for me to do. I'm laid-out on the couch, waiting for these two Tylenol PMs to kick-in, Jake (my akita) laying on my legs. We're going to have a really nice day. :)

[GreenPoet64]

32. I'm sleepless in Oregon. n/t

[fujiyama]

43. Same here!

Nice thing is this state doesn't have to worry about long lines and crap like that.

Here's hoping Merkely can take this as well.

[political_Dem]

34. Neither can I.

I cannot get myself to fall asleep. I am that excited to vote later today. :-P

I feel like a little kid on Christmas Eve.

[illuminaughty]

36. Welcome to the night crew.

I'm always on at this time and it's nice to have this many people still posting.

I have a dance studio and was a professional dancer years ago...that combo you just described is like stage fright. Excited and nervous and sometimes it feels like you can't go out there.
But, most students say after the first step you relax and start to enjoy it. Just think when the first big State comes in Obama.

I felt a Christmas Eve feeling tonight too. Something special in the air.

[ClayZ]

39. Sleepless near Seattle.

[mnhtnbb]

44. Aww. Too cute. Sleepless in NC here.

:hi:

[meow mix]

41. i give up too

4 am is good enough i guess lol

[Ladyhawk]

45. Can't sleep either...not sure what I'm going to do with myself. n/t

[eshfemme]

46. My insomnia is making me reconsider my plans to vote-- I might go in much earlier

I was planning to go in around 10ish because I wanted any sort of possible backlog from voters who camped out to be taken care of before I come in to vote. But now I'm thinking of being one of the early birds, screw the wait.

Well, I did sleep some just that the adrenaline made me wake up far earlier than I would normally wake up at.

[AsahinaKimi]

50. woot!!

I love your siggie!!

[Hepburn]

47. I had MAJOR dental work done today, I hurt like hell, I am full of vicodin and...

...I STILL cannot sleep. Yep, it is just like the night before Christmas when I was aw little kid!

Talk about WIRED!!!!! :bounce: CANNOT SLEEP...CANNOT SLEEP....!!!

[trueblue2007]

48. I can't sleep either but I'm .....REALLY...REALLY SLEEPY

[AsahinaKimi]

49. Still awake!!

2:59am PST :o

wooot!!

[Jennicut]

51. I could barely sleep so I am up early while my husband and daughters sleep.

I am a diabetic too and my sugar level is bouncing around. I freakin hate elections but I want to see Obama and Biden win so badly. For America. I am nervous but excited.

[and-justice-for-all]

52. I will be getting off work in about 15min...

I am going to go home and try to sleep for a little while so I can be up all night...HOPEFULLY CELEBRATING!!