Oh,bama.

Hey all-
Well. There are not even words to describe the effect Obama's acceptance speech had on all of us (myself included) at the DNC. I think the best thing I can do is attempt to describe the moments following the speech. Obama was met onstage by his beautiful family, then Joe Biden, and then the fireworks really kicked in. And then, for about ten minutes, Obama simply walked around onstage while more fireworks went off, music played, and confetti fell. The stadium was weirdly quiet: not the tense quiet that we had endured in anticipation of the speech, but a new, calm kind of quiet, as everyone attempted to process the sheer enormity of the event that had just taken place. Personally, I just leaned back and stared up at the sky, alight with bursts of red and white, and watched the tissue paper confetti float down. It was basically a beautiful moment, and judging by the reactions of my peers, I think everyone in the stadium was reeling from the excitement. We all just watched the pieces fall from the sky and tried to catch them, already fantasizing about telling our children about this night. This night, in history. As cheesy as it sounds, the moment was all-encompassing, and I can't think of a single person who didn't give in to it during the course of Obama's speech.

So, with that, it's off to the airport tomorrow and then back home. It's been surreal.

-e