A Day of Change
Our alarm went off at 5am this morning and as we watched Barack Obama become the 44th president, the sun slowly rose over New Zealand. We couldn’t help feeling a sense of relief and hope for the years that are and that will come with him in office. When we watch the evening news down here in New Zealand it actually surprises us how much international news they cover. Back in the states it feels like you would have to really search the pages of CNN.com to find out about an election in another country. Our roommates from the U.K. were even contemplating getting up with us at 5am, but alas we just filled them in on the details around 10am instead. This is a shorty (do I hear a sigh from the reader?) but we just wanted to share a bit of our patriotic excitement and new found pride.