O-BA-MA...O-BA-MA!!

We have a new president y'all!! (Did I set the movement back with that "y'all" at the end??)

Okay granted, he was elected months ago, so we all knew that, but yesterday made it official! And boy was I holding my ass, like I was watching a big game. In my last post I noted how much I love football; and along with basketball, those are the two sports that I regularly watch on TV.

So, because of this, and because of my superstitious nature, I've developed some habits that I use to ensure good luck. First of them being that I ALWAYS cross my fingers, and I keep them crossed until half-time, where I allow myself a small break. Then I re-cross for the remainder of the game. And if I must eat or use the bathroom (Yes, I can manage to wipe AND wash my hands after), best believe that the fingers remain crossed!!

And the second of my many superstitions is that I hold on to my teddy bear, Eddie Pantuso, but I only bring him out for the BIG games, where all things are on the line!!

I tend to look a little something like this:

When things are good



When things are bad



Crazy look yes, but quite effective.

If I for whatever reason uncross the fingers, or can't find Eddie during a crucial game, then I'm just about certain that my team will lose...(I'm sorry for all the Heat, Dolphins and Hurricanes losses that I may have inadvertently caused.)

Okay so with that said, and with Obama being sworn in as the 44th P.O.T.U.S. AND being the numero UNO African American President, I certainly couldn't leave things up to chance, (white some people have been known to be crazy sometimes). So I treated this like the BIG GAME...the NBA Finals, the Super Bowl, the BCS Championships times 10!

And I kept my fingers crossed and Eddie nearby as he swore in, and again as he braved walking down the pavement during the parade route; and all went relatively smooth...thanks to me!



I laughed, I cried, and I felt pure elation for the significance of this day, and witnessing this piece of history. I hope one day I can pass this story on to my children, who will hopefully have a better future, in part because of this man: