HOPE

**The blogger backs away from her computer, sits down, crosses fingers, legs, toes, and squeezes her eyes shut**

"Yes we can yes we can yes we can yes we can yes we can"

**This will continue for the next several hours, until ultimately, God-willing, tonight she and friends will drink champagne and sing a rousing chorus that goes something like this:**

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone!
I can see all obstacles in my way...

it's gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day :)