Be Thankful

So I know this is a couple days late, but here's the Thanksgiving day blog.

What I am thankful for:

This year the biggest thing I'm thankful for is my new family I made when I was in Maine. While in Maine I met some pretty awesome people who I wouldn't have met if I didn't go to Maine last month. Every single person I met there changed my life in some way. These few people that I mention are only the few that I met and love to death.

Ryan: After only knowing each other for less then 4 days he let me stay with him for the last 2 weeks of the campaign. Yes in the end we had a disagreement and I was kicked out on my last night in Maine, but now we're friends again. I dearly love him and hope to see him soon. Plus who doesn't love a cute gay boy that lets you stay in his home and pretty much into his life for 2 weeks?

Chris O'Connor: When I talk about him I say that he was "my dad" while in Maine. He made sure I was ok when we together and always watched out for me. He's not the only one who watched out for me, but he's the one who I say made sure I was where I needed to be and had a way to get home.

Matt Moonen: Um, well since he is King Matthew, I guess I should talk about him. Kidding...Going to lunch to just hanging out in his office we had a blast. Stealing purple smelly markers for him was a personal past time that was fun. Plus who else could I paint the town purple with? Did I mention the color purple?

Travis: My little brother...yes at first I didn't like him, but once I got over it we ended up being close friends. Probably because we were the youngest two (should have been on staff) super vols (super volunteers) so we were always together when the staff would go out. When he was gone it didn't feel right. Not having him there so I had someone to talk to was hard. Luckily we talk to each other at least once a week, so I'm not so upset that he's not around all the time now.

(Data) Patrick: One of the three Patricks that were in Maine with me, but the only one who can pull off wearing orange. He's the only person who's allowed to read my blog because I know he wont go around telling everyone what I had written about the campaign. Not that anything bad was written on here, it's just these are my personal thoughts about what was going on during the campaign and some of the stuff was embarrassing.

And finally:

Chuck: What can I say about Chuck? That I love him forever? That he's the one person I truly couldn't wait to see again when I went back to Maine? That even if we haven't talked in weeks and no matter how mad I am at him for not calling me all he has to do is write a quick message on my facebook and he's forgiven? Yes, Yes, and Yes. He knows how much I love him and that he's the first person I called when I got back to Maine. He was also the one person that when ever a bunch of us would go out I had to seat with him or I'd not be happy.

Now these aren't the only people that I'm thankful for, but only a handful of people that I met and love dearly. From the people who adopted me (Nate, Julie, and Miguel) to all the San Diego people (Tres, Gaby, Matt, Kevin, and everyone else) I am thankful for being each and everyone of them.

Now I just have to find a way to go visit all of them throughout the year.

22 Hours and counting

We're offically not using days left until election day, we're not on hours!!! There are still loads of people in the office and I'm still here...not able to leave because Ryan is now Dan's bitch for the night. *SIGH* I'm not really tired, but I do wish I had some clean clothes with me. I DO NOT want to do stuff tomorrow with the same clothes I wore today.

Well the weekend was busy because we started our GOTV (Get Out The Vote) for the final 4 days of the campaign. We're getting to the office at 7AM and leaving way to late at night...well not me. I made sure I went home to get sleep because without sleep I WOULD not be having a good day. So people were always really mad because I left when I had to. I was not about to stay all night to do stuff that Andy (not Ben) should be doing. Don't get me started on him.

Anyway Saturday I got to the office at 7:15AM because Ryan had work at 7 and Chris (Ryan's somewhat boyfriend) brought me to the office. Saturday night I had a night in with Justin (Ryan's roommate) and we watched I Didn't Know I was Pregnant. We laughed because one of the episodes was called "Is That a Baby in Your Pants?" I went to bed at my normal time. Ryan ended up not coming home until noon on Sunday and I ended up not spending much time in the ofice. Well, I had to stay while Ryan and Chris left to get ready for the rally we had on Monday.

Monday I was on campus recuitment, which I was so not happy about until I found out that Chuck and Patrick were going to be doing it with us. I ended up going to campus with Patrick because I was mad at Chuck (for something that happened, but he apologized). I had a blast doing campus stuff all day and Ayari was so happy with me that she gave me the Milk poster that she had promised me before I left! I can't wait to put it up on my wall at home.

Tuesday's the big day! Polls are tied and we're getting all the votes that we can. I'll be in the office at 6AM (probably earlier because of Ryan) and I'll be on campus. I'll keep you posted!