(pronounced "New Hamp-sha," or so I'm hearing)
We flew into Boston last night -- got here about 10:30 p.m.
Trudged through the airport. (Motto: "You're in Boston - welcome. Now get the heck outa heah.") Twenty-eight miles out of Boston, rental car starts going "putt -- putt -- puuutttttt." The failing engine let us get off just in time to coast into a gas station. The Alamo people said it would take 1 1/2 - 2 hours to get a new car to us. (Thank you, Lynnette, for trying to do something for us, even if you couldn't much...)
By the time we limped back to Boston...got another car...and drove to Nashua...well, we couldn't find the Radisson. A Mobil station in town said there was no conference center in Nashua -- shoot, there wasn't a Radisson, either. Go to Merrimack, instead.
So we did. No Radisson here. The one hotel with a conference center was obviously not in business. A hotelkeeper finally told us to go back to Nashua -- there was a Radisson there, after all.
Found it, and checked in. At 3:00 in the morning.
Slept in -- did some work this afternoon -- a lecture on politics -- and quilts -- tonight. It went well...but boy, I am zonked.
At least the fall colors are still pretty here! Crazy quilting all day tomorrow...stuff everywhere, and boy will it be fun.
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A strange waiting silence all day yesterday while we were flying here. People not sure whether to talk about it -- or not. Almost a palpable relief when Obama's victory was quick. (I'm not so sure about decisive -- the USA Today map made it clear that McCain took an awful lot of states -- but Obama took the big cities.)
The one opinion we heard expressed was the Jamaican bus driver, jumping up and down and yelling "Obama prez, Obama prez" into his cellphone, a huge grin on his face.
Congratulations, President Obama. Now let's see what you can do!!
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Personally, I was relieved that he won both the electoral and popular votes. I feel a bit cheated when a candidate wins the presidency through the electoral vote without also capturing the popular vote-- like the system elected him instead of the people that system is supposed to be comprised of.
I hate the electoral college and wish they'd do away with it. I see absolutely no need for it! It sounds as if your trip there was a bit of a nightmare, but being there was a delight, rain and all.
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