Last week during early voting, the lines at the polls were up to 12 hours long in parts of Atlanta. People would literally get in line at 7 a.m. when the polls opened and wouldn't get to vote until 7 p.m. I was scared that I was going to get caught in one of those lines today so before I left the house to vote this morning, I packed like I was going on a day-long trip somewhere. I switched my mid-sized, blue, Liz Claiborne purse for the huge, brown, Target one. I then packed a bottle of water, two packs of crackers, two miniature Almond Joys, gum, my iPod, my cell phone, rewetting eye drops, Benadryl, Tylenol, a book, a couple of pens, chapstick, my wallet, my ID, sunglasses, and my real glasses into that purse. I wanted to be prepared for everything and anything that could happen on election day, including that guy from Let's Make a Deal showing up at the polls and offering me a $1 million if I could just produce a toothpick and a cap from a 20-year-old bottle of Tab from my purse.Well, the bad news is Monty Hall didn't show up. The good news is I didn't have to wait in line at all. I walked right in to my voting precinct, filled out some form that stated I wouldn't vote in any other precinct, took my yellow voting card from the lady at the table, walked over to a voting booth, stuck the card in the computer, and voted. That was the fastest that I have ever voted in my life, not counting the votes that I have cast for American Idol and Dancing with the Stars. I had to wait from one to three hours to vote in the last three presidential elections. This time I didn't have to figure out the logistics of reading a book while standing up or worry that I should have bought those Depends after all. Nope. I was in. Then I was out, easy as that. Now I just hope that the results come back as easily, and we're not stuck in a recount nightmare for the next few weeks.
