hello and good-bye

The whole day was just a little bit overwhelming, I mean, we have been waiting for so so long. The eight years of the Clinton Administration did not seem this long! The Inaugural Parade is still in full swing, its totally dark in DC now. It's a little bit like Christmas when you were seven or eight years old, it just seems to NEVER get here, then when it does its over in a flash! I thought his speech this morning was spot on. No real " ask what you can do " moments, BUT, he said all the needed to say. It actually moved me more when I read it , here on line post swearing in

"On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics. We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness."

It is six-thirty, and Barack and Michelle ( we are close, I can call them that) are still watching the parade which had the all Gay band (YEAH) and the University of Tennessee Rocky Tops ( boo!). The Obama's are still going strong, sort of last man standing out there, smiling big smiles, waving, high energy.Different people keep coming into the reviewing stand. The group following RIGHT behind the Marching Rainbows, was the Pride of Mobile , Alabama, the Azalea trail maids! I SO, hope that they were clearly identified as a new group, and no one thought they were just drag queens in hoop skirts!

NOT a good day for the out going President. #1, he was soundly booed as he came onto the stage this morning, and the President Obama all but took off a glove and smacked him across the face in his speech. Then a little bit of salt in the wound, the new White House web site now reads: 

“President Obama will keep the broken promises made by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. He and Vice President Biden will take steps to ensure that the federal government will never again allow such catastrophic failures in emergency planning and response to occur." Enjoy Texas Mr. Bush.

Almost seven o'clock, they are still marching by Michelle all smiles and claps. I think she is going to be a fantastic First Lady!