I hope this week is more "normal" than last week with Hurricane Sandy, no power etc. Having written that, it is unrealistic to expect that this week will be anything like normal since we have an election tomorrow that is very close. Too close. Very worried that people haven't been paying attention to the steady but slow progress our economy has made, the changes that work against women that the Romney/Ryan ticket support and propose and are only listening to promises that protect the 1% (very wealthy) and do away with services and programs that help the less fortunate. When I became 18 I registered to vote as a Republican. In fact the majority of voters in my hometown were Republicans. And families back one and two generations were Republicans, it was just expected that you would- Democrats were considered bad and not good for the economy etc. After I got married and moved back to my home town (still a Republican as was my husband) the first year I voted on our town's budget referendum, the budget was defeated. After 8 referendum (referenda?) and manipulations by the Republican controlled administration I went to the town hall and changed my party affiliation. I was appalled that the First Selectman and his party had actively worked against supporting the education budget. I truly believe in providing an excellent public school system and in our town the most money was going to the town side budget. Long story but in the end I don't feel I can relate to anything the Republican party stands for today. Having said that please go and vote tomorrow. I am supporting Barack Obama- I think he has done what he said he would do in spite of the lack of cooperation from the Republicans. And he deserves another 4 years. The economy is improving, albeit slowly, women' rights will be protected (this is a big issue for me), the country is getting out of the wars..... I just don't understand how anyone, especially women, can vote for Romney. Please vote tomorrow. Please support Barack Obama for another term.