Mom called and started off, "Well I hope you're happy." I told her I kind of was. She snorted. I reminded her that she didn't want a President McCain. She told me that was true, but she didn't want Obama to win either. I asked her who she wanted me to vote for; she snorted again. I told her that I could have voted for James Harris and brought his total to 347 votes in Washington State. She threatened to hangup (who knew that she knew the Socialist candidate? Reader's Digest must have done an article.)

We chatted about the rest of the election. I wasn't too thrilled with our governor's race, though I wasn't that passionate about it. My mom was livid. She hates who she calls "Queen Christine." I reminded her that she didn't vote this year. She threatened to hangup again. We talked about the different propositions. Prop 1000, the death with dignity one passed. I was quite glad about that. My mom not as much. She told me that maybe she was too close to the issue and that I shouldn't be getting any ideas about chasing her around with a syringe. She told me that though she has a DNR, that she didn't mind dying undignified.

Since there's been a lot of talk about same sex marriage props in other states, I asked Mom about her feelings on the matter. She told me that she use to be against it because it just didn't seem right. Now she thinks that there's a lot of things that aren't right, and who cares. She says that she'd be happy if they would let gays marry as long as it meant that we no longer had to watch film clips of ugly old men kissing on the news.

I tried to continue our political conversation, but Mom wouldn't have any of it. She went on to tell me all about her favorite program, "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader." She likes to see if I am. I'm usually not. She did add one thing about the election; she thinks that the candidates should have to take a candidate test, to make sure they're not idiots. I could get behind this. It would make for good t.v.



[I will blog about moving my mom. When I sat down to write about it, I found that I need a bit of time to have a proper perspective of the horrible event.]