history. lori-style!

right now, i am sitting in a hospital bed in the cardiac icu. no...i dont have a heart problem. i get my chemo here because im allergic to one of the drugs, and in the icu they watch me more carefully incase of a reaction. as crazy as this sounds....i hope it takes a while for them to discharge me. i dont want to leave! have you heard anything so crazy? im sooo comfy, loving the room service, and having fun with all of the nurses! more friends!!! they love me. maybe cuz im the only one on the floor under 80, and i dont ask for much. (thats what i have dan for!) anyway...

dan and i spent the night here, and as usual...we had fun. we watched the inauguration ceremonies. (since then...dan has gone home to sleep and my dad is here now taking over the second shift!) so...because i think of the most obscure things...i was wondering how obama was feeling about starting his new job. the first day of new jobs always gives me butterflies, so i cant imagine what it would do to someone taking over the country. so i asked dan, "honey,...so...obama wakes up and goes into his oval office. he sharpens his pencils, organizes his paperclips, sets up his little tabbed folders. then what?" dan says, "uh, i think he has someone to do all of that for him" ummm...k. "so, when he sits down, is he like, 'where do i even start'"? seriously.....theres so much to do....where the heck do you start when youre running the whole country? i know what my first thought would be. i would be thinking, "i wonder if my outfit is ok. are my ripped jeans and ugg boots too casual?" or "hmmm...im not familiar with the area, i wonder if i can get any take out menus to local restaurants; and do they deliver"? or...maybe thinking about how to decorate and where to put my pictures up. or..."hmmmm...wheres the water cooler for some good gossip and socializing!" and for all of my friends who are wondering, "what job did lori ever have, that she had to ever worry about things like like this?" umm....funny guys, but YES i have had actual jobs with desks and cubbys or whatever. just because you blinked your eyes and missed it, does not mean that i didnt have them! so there! nevertheless...one thing dan did say about me as president. he said id be late to all of the parties, late for my inaugeration, and late to my first day of work. and hes right! (but who cares? whos gonna fire me?)

in all seriousness, i really dont know how somebody starts a new job as president. how does somebody just start to control the whole world? dan says there are a bunch of other people helping him. duh! i know that! but its still ultimately the presidents final say. he doesnt have a boss to make the final decision. i hope obama isnt a libra; because i am a libra...and one of our traits is that we have problems making decisions. i told dan, if i was president, id let all of the other people do all of the work...and id just chill out and go on vacation. he said, "thats what bush did". hmmm...maybe he wasnt so stupid after all.

then i switched my focus on being first lady. she has an important position too. maybe an even more important one. the president only has one room to design and decorate. his office. the first lady has a whole house to do! and lets face it, between the last several presidents, there are sure to be lots of weird crap all over that white house. the stuffy old furniture, jellybeans, peanuts, and clintons former things; which...ugh......i dont want to think what he left behind. i just hope they have a good carpet cleaner and dry cleaner on speed dial . i was thinking about the first ladys wardrobe. i saw that she was wearing a banana republic sweater to one of the events, and it sold out in stores across the country. so...if thats the case, and i am ever first lady...go out and buy stock in gap, kohls and target. preferably from the denim and tank top section. cuz thats where i like to shop, and thats pretty much all i wear. and for anyone thinking that the first lady couldnt wear gap....just an f.y.i.-banana republic and the gap are both owned by the same company.

ok...i could go on and on about what changes i would make to the white house. trust me...there are A LOT! ive already mentioned that the first thing i would do...is paint the white house pink. maybe lime green. and that would just be the beginning. suffice to say...the american public would be in for big changes with the buckfires in office. tho dan is really smart and probably would make a really fair and great president. me as first lady....maybe not so much.

this is an exciting time in history and its great to be watching it on tv. bush has overstayed his welcome by 7 years and 364 days. his ass is out. it wasnt fast enough. so...heres looking forward to a hopeful and prosperous 4 years. yay obama!!! make us proud to be americans!!!

*just as a complete side note
i, as a taxpayer, (ok...maybe my husband)...own part of air force one. therefore...would like to travel on it. i own part of it. doesnt it only seem appropriate???