So much for that plan

I made specific plans to go to bed much earlier than usual yesterday in order to be well-rested when 4:00 am came around, at which time I would hurriedly prepare myself to head over to the polling place I'll be working at and be there by 5:15.

So much for that plan.

I just can't fall asleep. Hell, I don't even feel sleepy; not really, anyway. I guess I'm just too excited. So at a few minutes before 2:30, I got up out of bed, checked my inbox, and started typing this.

Fivethirtyeight's got McCain's win percentage at under 2% presently, and I just saw a "cute" (I'm not sure why that was my first reaction upon reading it--maybe the sleep deprivation is affecting me after all) story where an apparently very small town in New Hampshire has already finished voting, with the decision being Obama 15, McCain 6 (Obama with 71% of the popular vote--imagine seeing that on a national scale).

On a far sadder note, I also heard earlier 'today' that Obama's grandmother, who he affectionately referred to as "Toot", died. It's a terrible shame; I'm sure she would have loved to see the result of this election. On the other hand, Obama is probably glad that he took time out of his campaign to visit her when he did...or perhaps, he knew she was not "long for this world", and visited her because he knew this, and just didn't make it public. Either way, it's a tragic loss, and my heart goes out to him.

Now, I'm just going to relax for a while. It's nearly 3:00, so I'm probably not even going to try and get any sleep for this last hour. Get out and vote, everyone! Do it for Toot.