Russell and I arrived in NYC today.  Beautiful sunny day and the drive across the GW Bridge with a view of the city skyline thrilled as always.  We are at Camaron and Josh's in Manhattan and I am cooking dinner - spaghetti and meatballs per Matt's request.  Tomorrow we are off to Rochester.  But the big news is....

WE VOTED!  Our absentee ballots awaited us here.  Loving the direction things are moving in but am so nervous still about the outcome.  I take nothing for granted.  Russell and his brother Jeff still think Obama will lose.  At lunch today, the two of them became ill over the thought of Palin as VP.  The word Canada was mentioned.  I am taking deep breaths.  

We are also very cold.  We were still in summer - not fall but summer - a week ago.  We will enjoy our time here but will scurry down to Florida come December 1st.