I Guess I’m Not THAT Worried

I set aside work at 6 this evening so that I could watch President Obama’s address to Congress … and then the Republican response. After 8 years of being morally outraged at the perspective and occasional outright lies in the State of the Union address, I was looking forward to hearing a president I enjoyed listening to (Obama sure knows his way around a lectern) … and to whom I was at least willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

And I was enjoying the speech. Very straight forward, yet beginning to strike a more optimistic stance than he’s been taking in his last few weeks of public appearances. He seemed to be turning the corner from saying “Holy cats, things suck out there!” to saying “Enough griping, here’s what we’re gonna do!”

Of course, I can’t be CERTAIN that’s what he said in total because I fell asleep on the couch about 15 minutes into what was supposed to be a 45-minute speech. It’s NOT that I was bored. REALLY. I found what he was saying compelling and I have a GREAT interest in hearing his plans. But I got up early this morning … and I’ve had some stressful things on my mind … and I was just tired.

And apparently, I find President Obama’s voice soothing enough that it allowed me to drop into a needed nap … and I didn’t wake up for 3 hours.

I know I can get the speech online. I might even get it through my podcast subscription to the weekly radio addresses. But I kinda wanted to see it live.

Anyway, now that I AM awake, I guess I’ll do a little more work. I mean, I’m too well rested to think about going to bed.