Quite simply, in-person absentee voting is marvelous. Ten minutes from entry to exit. As I left the polling location, I tried to remember my life status when I voted in the last Presidential election four years ago.
I was on the cusp of life change. My plan to move to Chicago had just come to fruition with a job offer. In fact, I think I was on my way to do whirlwind apartment hunting the next weekend. That vote was my last civic duty as a citizen in the state of Michigan.
From there, my stream of consciousness drifted to last November, when I made the definitive decision to quit the job that brought me here three years previous. And, oh wait, I also quit my first job out of college in December and decided to go to grad school.
Moral of the story is that I have a flare for significant life changes right around the close of the year. So I suppose I was a little early this year. Although spring is more commonly considered a transformative time of year, my entire family seems to roll with winter change. No worries, I don't have any 180 degree turns on the shelf for the next month or two.
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