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October 30, 2006

The most important errand of all....

This Friday, I will be setting off on a long anticipated vacation with a group of friends. I will be living the life on Royal Carribean's Explorer of the Seas, hitting the rosy pink beaches of Aruba and taking in the traditional Dutch architecture and floating markets of Curacao. As you can imagine I've been running around, making sure all loose ends are tied at the office and packing enough sunblock to protect my fair bikini clad body from the unforgiving equatorial sun. But there is one errand that trumped all other errands: getting an absentee ballot for the much contested November 7th election.

This is a crucial vote, and I want to make sure my voice is heard. As citizens of this country, we have a duty to make our opinions known and take advantage of this great gift that often times is taken for granted. As I walked in to work today, one of the local papers headline was that voter registrations are at an all time high. Hopefully these high numbers will also convert to high numbers at polling stations across the state and across the nation. Regardless of what our political opinions are, we must become more involved with what is going on in our country.

So while I enjoy the warm sunshine and sand of the Carribean, I will also rest assured that my minute voice has been heard.

Posted by eva on 7:54 AM | Comments (0)