"I gotta say, today was a good day"

I finally got the hard part over with today - I did my final driving tests for the company, passed, and got my truck. It's a Freightliner Columbia mid-roof with a 10-speed and around 750k miles. I think it's 4-6 years old. I still have another day or two before I'll be able to leave, but hopefully I'll be headed south by the weekend. Maybe the mass of people that has descended upon Chicago will have cleared out by then. Please, please, please.

Most of my evening was spent watching the election results surrounded by several apparent McCain supporters, a couple of which lacked the ability to accept defeat graciously. Turnabout and all.