Average Jane at 7:00 a.m.

I got to my neighborhood polling location just after 6:00 a.m. and ended up standing in a short line outside the building in the rather chilly weather. My town has a population of about 10,000 and I don’t know how many voting locations there are, but mine had only four voting machines. Still, the line moved fairly quickly. I’d researched all the candidates and issues in advance, so I made it through the ballot in short order.

I’m still not particularly comfortable with the electronic voting machines, but I just have to cross my fingers and hope my votes are counted properly. I’m seriously considering volunteering as a poll worker in the future, partly so I can get a better idea of how the whole thing works.

The Dayquil seems to be helping, so I’ll head into work as usual. I don’t have band practice tonight, which means I can go home and lie down all evening (afternoon?) as needed.

My goal is to ignore the election results until tomorrow morning, but I’m sure I won’t be able to resist paying attention to the news. I guess that’s the curse of living in “interesting times.”