louise on the left (coast)

I read a wonderful post by Larry David on Huffington Post called Waiting for November 4th , and if you haven't read it already, you really should. He's brilliant and honest about a certain anxiety we all share these days. But I've been thinking about this, and I have to admit it's not November 4th that worries me, it's November 5th. Can you imagine our world on "the day after?" Even if Obama wins, I've lost friends and made neighborhood enemies. For the record, I live in a blue collar section of Orange County, and by now my neighbors hate me, since I've been a visual thorn in their side with my Obama stickers and the like. And then there's just the election-road rage I have to worry about for another week or so. I simply don't know if I can survive the road-rage directed at me here in Orange County for having a "Women for Obama" (and the other three stickers) sticker on my car. I get a lot of people flipping the bird at me

Just returned home from picking up the kids at school to following email from husband. ------------------------------------- I think your phone called by accident a while ago "You know, you have a Mercedes and its attached to a blinker. You should use it. Dork." Does that sound familiar? P ---------------------------------------- Yes. Sadly, it does. This is because our kids require us to car pool past Leisure World every day and, I'm sorry, but retirees drive like it's 1943 and they're still on the golf course. But, I will try to curb my elder-road rage, tomorrow.