Caucus...

For those not in Iowa and don't ever read the newspaper or watch TV (i.e. you're living under a rock) the all important first caucus is tonight and every politician, Hollywood A-lister, musician, and big name television reporter has descended in our state, and since I live in the capital city, Des Moines specifically. We've been bombarded! There are TV cameras everywhere and "celebs" on every corner and in every "nice" restaurant and coffee shop. It's chaos here right now!

Can the madness stop??? I mean really.... Why is it necessary to call each house at least a dozen times a day with prerecorded messages bashing the other candidates and touting your own??? And in case they're all too stupid to realize this.... pretty much the only people home at 2 pm are stay at home moms, and ringing the doorbell and waking up napping kids is enough to send these moms over the edge!! Oh, I can't wait until this is over! Not that I'm wishing away time, but man.... tomorrow can't come soon enough!! UUUUUUGH! I'm so wishing I lived under that rock right now! LOL!

So tonight I've decided to take the kids with me. A caucus is very different from a primary in that you don't just show up, stand in line and vote. Not even close. Actually the democrats and republicans do it differently and it'll take probably 2 hours or so. If you're interested, here's an elementary description of how it works. For the educational aspects, I've decided to take Katherine. She's been asking tons of questions, and since this opportunity only comes around every couple of years, I thought... why not??? So tonight we're all going. I'm going to bring a bag of tricks for Caleb, so hopefully it'll keep him occupied! I'll report back!

It's nap time and I'm off to do a little scrapping!