Nelda musings...: What Paul and I did during elections

Yup. Guilty as charged. Above is a picture of us kissing on the Strip in Las Vegas. That's where we spent election day. Haha. Just kidding, well kind of. We did go to Las Vegas but not for the high life, we went to canvas and campaign for Romney and it was one of the best weekends of my life, especially with Paul as my buddy. Not only that, my Aunt and Uncle Stacey and our friends Aaron and Krysti Libby came along as well.

On the bus on the way there

With Krysti Libby

With Aunt Iza, I'm so glad she came

Yes yes we all know how this story ends. Obama won, Romney didn't, but it was one of the best things I have done because I got to meet and mingle with all these wonderful people who believe in the same dream as me and Paul, that we can work and fight for America and do it by going street to street. I'm definitely sad that Romney lost and I'm not sure where this country is headed (there's much talk of fiscal cliffs) but I like to know that the "little people" are good and noble and ready to help.

We drove out Friday evening in a bunch of busses from Orem and the mood was joyful for all of us. We left Lizzie with my cousin Jemmy and Paul's mom so we left her in good hands. The next morning, and every morning following, we went to a rally at one of the headquarters in Vegas where some director would give us a speech about how important it was what we are doing because Nevada was a swing state. I loved those rallies. Then, we would hop into 12 person vans and get dropped off at various neighborhoods to pass out Romney info and precinct voting info to the homes of people who were independent to ask them not to forget to vote. The people in the van were a delight and we got to meet a lot of people on whose doors we knocked. Some were friendly and some weren't but we felt proactive and positive. We did the same thing for four days (at night we played and went downtown with our friends and family). On Tuesday night we drove back home and got there at about 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday. It was pretty tough to listen to the results the whole way back. I was especially bummed that Romney didn't get Nevada. Well, that's about it but it was unforgettable, especially with my best friend in the world - Paul.