The Sit Down

Hooray! Obama is the President-elect! I'm not really surprised by the win, but at the same time I am quite excited. I was getting on the highway, coming home from my best bud (and coloring buddy's) house when I heard the news that Obama had won California and was now the new President (come January)! It was really cool, a ton of people on the highway started honking their horns and flashing their brights in celebration.

If I could have twenty minutes of Mr. Obama's time, I would let him do most of the talkinging. I would introduce myself, shake his hand (or give him a hug if i was allowed) and talk about his past. I think it's really cool how he was actually just a kid from Hawaii growing up in a regular neighborhood, his family was not a big deal, there were no political ties to his family and he grew up to be the next President of the Unitied States of America. I would ask him when and why he first decided to really be the president, if he had any other aspirations when he was little and I would ask him something personal, like where his favorite country he's visited is. Or I would ask him what he's most excited for in becoming president!



In the next four years, I think just like most Americans, I expect change. I know from my years and years of history classes that many will be disappointed when change does not come extremely quickly, but the way our democratic government is set up is so change can't come too quick lest it be under a major crisis. The major things our new very democratic D.C. will be trying overcome the major recession we are in. They will really try to get the houseing market up and running again, create more jobs to stimulate the economy. By 2012 I really hope our dollar, as well as our relations with many other countries is a lot stronger. This is a bit of a selfish wish, I want to be able to travel all over the world and not become totally bankrupt.


When I am forty, I think the biggest struggle America will have, is readjusting to not being the world's only superpower. I'm pretty sure China will be the world's next superpower. When I'm in my forties I would like to be happily married with three kids, two boys and a girl (the girl being the youngest) and have a home on a lake. The economy will be much more stable, there will be a lot less worries about losing jobs, the banks failing and stocks dropping and losing savings. My husband will be a rich Spaniard, and together, with our children we will travel back and forth between our house here on the lake and our villa in the south of Spain. It will be awesome.