I just want to give America a great big hug!

It's been 4 days and I haven't calmed down! I thought by now it might have sunken in a little more but it really hasn't. I'm still, as Valeria says, a wreck and crying all the time. I just cannot believe that Barack Obama is going to be my President. And when I say that I really mean that he's my President. I feel like he belongs to me in a way that no other has. I think a lot of people feel that way. He's our guy. I'm not African-American so I won't pretend like I can truly understand the significance of his accomplishment but I am mixed race and I have an immigrant parent so, to me, he's always been my guy and now he's my President. I'm sure you guys don't really want to read about my personal feelings or political affiliations but this stuff is far too important to ignore. I mean, it really feels like all those things we've been taught about America are finally true. You can grow up to be anything you want - really. Well I mean, you have to work for it, and you have to be smart enough but if you are, there really isn't anything stopping you. Some people have been Debbie Downers, asking "Did people vote for him just because he's Black?" I'm sure there were some people who felt like that was a plus. There will always be those people but oh my god it was him. If it were anyone else I don't think it would have been the same. His race alone could not have created the kind of support that it did. I mean the crowds he drew... I've never seen anything like it. I was voting for this man not for a concept. The fact that he could possibly be the first African-American president was just the icing on an already amazing delicious cake. If you want to try and simplify it to being just about race then you really know nothing about this man, or us.

I've been thinking this whole time that Barack winning would mean so much for kids; that it would mean they would have no excuses and no limitations on their dreams for the future. But this idea was more of what adults had in mine for kids. Turns out, kids are very aware of what Barack's accomplishment means. Check out this clip from CNN where the kids from Ron Clark Academy (the same ones who sang "However you Like") explain what the Obama win means to them:


I am so obsessed with the Obama family it's unhealthy. I want to be them. I want to be as fierce as Michelle and I want a handsome husband like Barack (Presidential crush!) so we can have gorgeous babies like Malia and Sasha. Barack and Michelle are the best couple ever. I am so in love with their love. It's great to see a couple in politics that you know go home at night and actually like each other. Not only do they like each other, these guys love each other and it's so obvious. You can't fake that kind of love! It's like movie love! It's like The Notebook kind of love! There are pictures of them together that are so cute, I suggest not looking at if you're feeling lonely because you will literally kill yourself. That's right! Their love is so amazing it will either drive you to end it all or drown your sorrows in multiple pints of Haagen Daz. And not to be disrespectful (because I heart them so) but you know there was some Presidential loving going down on election night. Yeah I said it! They're married so it's ok. Plus their love produces beautiful babies so, why not? Honestly if I were Michelle I would be all over that all day all night. It's better that he's not married to me because if he were, he wouldn't have won this election. He wouldn't have had time to campaign! I would be on him all the time. That is a good looking man! No wonder their kids are so cute.

Speaking of cute kids, their family is A-MA-ZING. I was literally googling Sasha Obama last night. Googling her. She's like 7 years old! This goes way beyond the creepiness of my love for Nick Jonas. She's a baby! But I think she is the cutest little thing! Malia is gorgeous but Sasha is the sassy one. It's birth order - it's just fact. You know she is daddy's little girl. Just look at that face! You know she gets whatever she wants. I'll bet she's a mischievous little thing. She's gonna be starting some trouble at the White House. Not big trouble, just a little fun. After Michelle my-middle-name-is-fierce Obama spoke at the DNC, she and the girls had a little conversation with Barack via satellite. Check out what little Sasha does once she gets hold of the microphone. Sassy thing:

I am just so incredibly proud and excited that this is the first family. Look at them! Let their gorgeousness just wash all over you! Mm, feels good don't it?! This is the American Dream, people! And for once it feels real; that's the best part.
Needless to say I am feeling GREAT and to celebrate this glorious occasion I have made myself an Obama playlist on my iPod. Here are the songs:

1. Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps
2. The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
3. If You're Out There - John Legend (I definitely recommend this one)
4. America - Simon and Garfunkle
5. If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul and Mary
6. If You're Going to San Fransisco - Scott McKenzie
7. Changes - David Bowie
8. Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
9. Wrote a Song for Everyone - Creedence Clearwater Revival
10. A Change is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke

This post is Sasha approved!

By the way, that awesome "First" poster of Obama can be found at gotellmama.org along with lots of other amazing prints and T shirts.