We returned from a great weekend in Baltimore to see our ballots at the bottom of the mail pile. So if we had waited until the mail came on Thursday then we could have voted and not spent $36 to overnight our ballots to Colorado Springs. But we really had a relaxing and fun time with BJ's parents and I'm glad we didn't delay our trip.
I'm very thankful that we had the opportunity to cast our ballots, and it wasn't until I was faced with the possibility of NOT voting that I realized why it's important to me. The whole weekend in Baltimore there was one news program or another on in the evening and they were all talking about pollsters and all the "yadda-yadda-yadda" stuff that went along with the elections. As I was trying to engage in discussions about these news programs my opinions seemed empty. Without the vote to back up my voice my opinion means little. Democracy is an interesting thing and I shudder to think about living in another time or another country without the right to vote.
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