Inauguration Day!

Today we watched history in the making! Our school put on a really nice inauguration event with breakfast refreshments, coffee, and the live CNN coverage on a big-screen TV. I was running a little bit late and low on gas, but I made it right in time to watch the beginning of the ceremony.

I was surprisingly emotional this morning. On the drive to school I was listening to the newscast on NPR, just describing the event, and my eyes were tearing. I was imagining explaining this day to my children - telling them where I was and what I saw, and why it was such a big deal that the first African-American man was being elected president. This is definitely one of those 'monumental days' that will define our generation. It seems to me that the other 'monumental days' in my lifetime have not been good days - for example, 9/11 or Columbine.  I'm not sure if that is a function of the media focusing more on negative events... but regardless, thank goodness we now have a 'positive' day to share with the generations to come.

I've been thinking about this post for several hours now - I am finding it quite difficult to articulate my overwhelming feeling of awe. Everything I come up with is so trite: being a witness to the making of history... being part of something amazing... even "words can't describe..."

The best I can do is to say that I was quite effected by this event (the entire election leading up to the inauguration) and will remember it for the rest of my life. It definitely helped me get out of my head for a few moments and appreciate that life/the world is much greater than me/law school/what's happening right now... If I spend more time writing this, I won't get any homework done!

Cheap cop-out answer, I know... but I sacrifice this blog post for the greater good (i.e. being prepared for Criminal Procedure tomorrow). Ahh unbalanced law school priorities!

K