WOW

Did Michelle Obama hit it out of the park last night or what?

If you went to bed early, you missed an incredible speech. One bit of convention floor trivia - as you've undoubtedly figured out, the sign waving is not exactly spontaneous - folks come and hand out those flags and placards. Mostly all is civilized, folks who want signs get them, folks who don't just pass them along. When they started distributing the "We Love Michelle" signs, though, I thought there were going to be fist fights. EVERYONE wanted one of those. Luckily they had a bunch and there was no violence :). Here's the video of her amazing speech. It's long but worth it!

Kennedy Video Tribute

This is the video you're evidently not supposed to see because it shows Mitt's positions BEFORE he shook the Etch-a-Sketch. It's also a wonderful short history of the legacy Teddy Kennedy left us. And yes, they showed it during the convention last night.

I'm in the convention hall

Signing for Credentials

Party On

A sentiment that was repeated by one of our breakfast speakers, Freddie Rubio of Alabama, who reminded us that Ann Romney told the Puerto Rican delegation at the RNC "You people really know how to party". As a native Puerto Rican, Rubio said this morning "I'd rather party with the Democrats!"

I'm Here!

Doesn't quite feel real...

We came through torrential rains and an accident or two (no, we weren't directly involved, but it sure did slow us down) once we hit Greenville. So glad to finally get here, now to rest up to handle the excitement of the next 3 days!

These were in the welcome packet at the hotel:

A good beginning...

I finally finished my packing this morning -

and none too soon as we got on the road not long after (only about 45 minutes later than we planned - hey, that's virtually on time for us!)

Uneventful drive to Birmingham, then we continued up I-65 towards Huntsville - and found our old friend Isaac, no longer a hurricane but appearing as a thunderstorm (that we later found out had embedded tornadoes).

When the sky finally lightened a little, we saw this awesome double rainbow!

And to top it off, when we went to grab a bite to eat, our waiter gave us a Labor Day coupon for a free entree. Now if the rest of this trip works out as well (and I know it will exceed my wildest dreams!)