I'm still not going to discuss politics...

...but I don't mind discussing social gatherings. Hopefully, this post won't bring up any bad feelings or memories but will just have you saying, "Wow...Boston is cool."

I know that I've mentioned our friend, Karl, a few times. We know him from Union, and we ended up moving here around the same time this summer. Karl's job was working in the media department of the Romney/Ryan campaign. It was super interesting to hear things about Karl's job and all of the interesting people he met and the history he saw being made. He got to meet both Romney and Ryan (among others) and do quite a bit of traveling. I'm fully convinced that- no matter what side of the political fence you find yourself- Karl had a once-in-a-lifetime experience that was, admittedly, cool. 

And, he shared a taddy bit of it with Brad and me. Karl, as an employee, was given guest passes to the election night party at the Romney headquarters- which he gave to us! We got dressed up and spent the evening at a fancy convention center, watching the states fill in while we snacked on catered hor d'oeuvres. Granted, we weren't important enough to gain access to the actual center of events; we hung out in the overflow room, but we're not complaining. Brad was even interviewed by the Yale Daily News. And, no, his interviewer was not Rory Gilmore. Bummer.

We didn't stick around until the very end; I wasn't feeling well (which had less to do with the election and quite a bit to do with being pregnant), so we headed out around 10:00 and watched the remainder of results at home. 

Outside of the convention center. It was so glitzy and festive.

When we got off the shuttle bus that took us from the offices to the convention center, there were literally paparazzi-type folks sticking cameras in everyone's faces and snapping away. Right after I took this picture, I noticed Brad turning away from a few cameras. Bizarre.

Karl snapped this picture for us right before he went off to do very important work.

We really did enjoy our opportunity and are so grateful that Karl let us join him. We'll continue to pray for our president to have wisdom as he leads our country, whether or not we support all his decisions. And, as Brad told the Yale Daily News reporter who asked what his reaction would be if Romney lost the election, "We'll get up tomorrow, do our work, and live our lives- just like we did this morning."

Also...we miss having Karl in town. He's a fun one.