29 Days to the Election:

Woke up.  Didn't shower.  Noticed sad Sticker from yesterday stuck on edge of bathroom counter.  Must have been dazed from head cold when peeled off Sticker last night.  Squish sad Sticker on shirt.  Will exercise and then shower and then don new Sticker.  Am daring, though.  Sticker on right side of shirt.  Sticker cannot hide behind seat belt today.  Saucy Sticker.

Drive to school in rain.  Drop off child.  Drive home.  Attempt to kick kitchen into shape while wait for clock to tick time for preschool.  Time.  Gather children.  Sticker still on right side of shirt.  Sticker saucy but not able to switch sides without assistance.  Seriously.  Not political joke.  Notice am something of pariah at preschool.  Sticker on right side of shirt.  Baby prefers left hip.  Cannot use baby to hide Sticker today even if desired.

Home.  Exercise.  Now clean with new Sticker.  Morning flies by and time to collect preschooler.  Get there too early.  Must stand in hall with other mothers.  No one talks to Sticker-wearer.  No.  One.  The one mom who talks to Sticker-wearer running late today.  Huh.  Feeling somewhat dejected.  In full Obama country?  Is conservative religious denominational preschool.  Really O country?  Have offended delicate sensibilities?  Sticker too powerful for even question "why support John McCain/Sarah Palin"?  Not one word.  No one speaks.  Feels very much like high school when stray from claustrophobic unity of pack.  Pack cannot acknowledge existence unless kowtow back to pack?  Sticker-wearer not adept at social girl things.  But.  Smile.  Am friendly.  Hold doors for other moms.  Laugh with mom about cute mask child made in class.  How many more days like this?

See mom met at park in parking lot.  Parked next to each other.  Friendly.  Either notices Sticker and not worried or so post-partum barely see straight.  Sticker-wearer believes latter. 

Call friend who has opened shop.  Go in.  Friend sees Sticker!  Friend says "Bet you like her!"  Smile.  Yes.  You?  Yes.  Friend continues.  Been on the fence.  O such great speaker but did see O freak out when teleprompter went out and suddenly not able to talk?  Ah, Obama not good speaker without printed word to read, says Sticker-wearer.  Then friend utters afraid of O taxes as now small business owner.  Then, Sticker-wearer says historically when market has crashed and President/Congress boosts taxes and raises cap gains taxes, recession or depression.  Market crashed in 1929, taxes raised in 1932.  Great Depression.  Market crashed in 1987, taxes raised in 1990.  Recession.  O bad for economy.  John McCain better for the economy.  Friend absorbs.  Sticker-wearer continues thoughts about courts and judges.  Friend thinks.  Kids interrupt.  Conversation ends.

Pick up big kid.  Home for evening.  Sticker now on wall.  Big day for Sticker.  Only one of two Stickers that incited any discussion.  

Do wish very much that Sticker came in variety pack.  Feel like huge pg mama again.  Know day coming very soon not need maternity clothes.  But if have to wear same top again, will implode.  Will baby come out faster if implode?  No.  Election Day not come any sooner if Sticker-wearer wear same kind sticker until Election Day, thus imploding, either.  Must exercise personal responsibility muscles and use Stickers already own.