Nothing much new!

I imagined that I'd have a lot more to say along the road here, but unfortunately there's not a whole lot to report!

I've been feeling pretty good, aside from the worry from those test results coming back.

I'm finding that my body is far more communicative than it has ever been before... When I walk too far, when I don't eat enough, when I need to sleep, I feel it much more than usual. Colin, as always, is right there with me: He always seems to know when I need his help.

This week, we're headed toward the biggest presidential election that I've seen in my lifetime. Although I've always voted since I've been able to, I can easily say that I've never cared about the outcome like I do this time. I lived in Chicago during Obama's run for Senate, so I was there at the start of his national career and saw the excitement surrounding him. We joked back then that he would be the perfect president, but there was absolutely no way that we imagined that our country would possibly come so close, so soon, to electing a minority candidate as president. I simply never believed that enough people could get past race to really make it happen. I feel like we'll see, summed up perfectly, the true colors of our country come Tuesday night.

I've always imagined that once I had a child I would want to leave the U.S. and live in other countries. The months I lived in England, I realized what a large world we live in -- and that America is not the center of it. Everyone on this earth has an equal share in its beauty, its resources, and every culture has something to offer. I really can't help but feel that this lesson is the most important one that I could ever teach as a parent. I believe it's so important to be proud of your home... to have faith in your country and your government... and by what I have seen of the US in the past decade, I was beginning to worry that I would not be able to say anything good about our country at all. That I wouldn't be able to stay here and be proud to be an American.

Colin's able to get a job very easily in several other countries that would be amazing to spend some time in: Sweden, England, Australia, and Canada... But if Barack Obama is elected president, and the democrats win control of Congress, I will at least feel compelled to wait a little longer to see if they are able to bring about real change in the way our country works -- and see whether that change is for the better; not only economically-speaking in terms of a visible boost of the middle class and an improvement of our educational system, but also elevating our country's reputation in the world again. We might actually be able to see whether liberal policies make a tangible difference in our lives like they say they will. It would be a very compelling social experiment, at the very least. Obama seems like someone who could, at the very least, rally American citizens to serve their country in a more real way in terms of community service. If he doesn't manage to accomplish anything else he wants to, at the very least, his incredible ability to speak directly and smartly to Americans, compelling them to action, could very well be just what we need.

Even Colin is "fired up" and learning about politics this time around... Something I NEVER thought I would see. :)

After the election, though... only 2 more weeks till my first ultrasound! I can't wait to find out if we can find out if it's a boy or a girl!