You know what sucks? Having your wisdom teeth pulled when you’re 30. Holy crap. This would’ve been SO much easier when I was 18. Now, I’m home with two boys who want to take advantage of Mommy not feeling well and I’m left looking and feeling like I’ve been repeatedly punched in the face.

Pardon if I sound bitchy. I’m sure this to will pass…..I just wish it would hurry.

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Enter the Clean Team *bugles sound*

Two little boys who love dirt and mud make for a pretty heavy demand on soap. We’ve tried all sorts, but recently, we had a chance to try some of the Huggies Clean Team products. We received their hand wash (complete with 20 second blinking LED timer in a hippo’s head), their conditioning shampoo, and flushable wipes. I’m not sure which is the biggest hit. Ollie is so proud of himself that he can poop without having to yell for mom to help him wipe. He’s been growing more and more independent by the day. Both boys are nuts about the hand wash, too. When you press the pump for a squirt of foam, it activates a little blinking red LED inside the head of the hippo shaped spout. He blinks for 20 seconds, so kids know how long to scrub and when it’s time to rinse. The boys are so insane over the light that we have to keep it blinking while they’re brushing their teeth, too. Wonder how long the batteries last….

All the products have a rather pleasant, clean smell. It’s not overbearing, which my springtime allergies are grateful for.

The shampoo I could take or leave. It’s not as intricately decorated as the wipes or the hand soap. The bottle is too hard for Ollie to open himself and it doesn’t have any qualities that the cheaper shampoos don’t provide. All in all, it’s not bad, though.

I almost took a video of Ollie describing to me how to go in the bathroom, go poop, get out a wipe, get all the poop off and then flush it all down, but I figured that would be something he’d really want to kill me for when he’s about 16. Instead, you guys get a picture of the boys making sure they need a nice long soak in some extra soapy water tonight.

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I’ve set up shop at the Obama headquarters here in Washington. We spent the morning going door to door, even the kiddos. We set them up in their little red wagon and drug them for something like 25 blocks. They’re back home with Andy and happy as can be in the backyard. I even heard they were going to take a field trip to Lowe’s. I’ve taken a stationary position at the Obama office. We’re making phone calls and talking to any folks who come into the office. Every person I meet gets me more and excited. The grassroots effort that is going into this campaign is absolutely unparalleled. I’ve spent the last two days walking around trying to help get the message out. Last night was Music in the Streets here in Washington, so several us took up clip boards and patrolled the crowd downtown looking for potential supporters and letting people know about early voting. NC has a fabulous program that allows folks to cast their votes early, so the weather or anything else on election day won’t be an issue. They can even register while they’re there, so it’s really one stop shopping.

The rally on Thursday was absolutely incredible. It was electric. Barack Obama is the most amazing speaker I have ever heard. The crowd was a thing of beauty unto itself, though. It was a pretty even mix of every color, creed and class you can imagine. There were even several female Muslim students. The most amazing part? No one was ugly. There wasn’t a foul word uttered.

I spent the day with the media crew. We set up spaces for all the press, risers for the photographers and spots for the video folks. You can’t even imagine all the work that goes into something that’s over in an hour and a half.

The volunteers got to stick around and be the backdrop for Senator Obama’s interview with Stephen Colbert. So, if you see one of the reruns of that interview……you won’t see me. My friends and I were seated at about crotch level, so we didn’t make it on camera.

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….but, since that’s the bulk of what I’ve been doing lately, it’s going to be pretty hard to do.

I’ve gotten the fantastic opportunity to work at the rally for Sen. Barack Obama today in Greenville. We had a brief training session last night and contrary to most volunteer things I’ve done in the past, there was an abundance of people. 290 folks showed up last night to assist in the set-up and find out where to report today. It was absolutely incredible. The crowd was so incredibly diverse (not something you often see in Eastern NC). Not only was it about an even mix as far as race, but we had every socio-economic class, as well. This was not your normal gathering of political activists.

The floor of the entranceway to the coliseum was completely covered with people hand painting signs. Everywhere I walked you could overhear people talking about how amazing the turn-out was and how incredible this whole campaign is becoming.

For today’s rally and speech, I get to stand on one of the press risers to insure that photographers are happy and all have space to stand. This will place me right next to the stage. It’s going to be absolutely amazing.

Pardon all the “incredibles” and “amazings” but there just aren’t words enough to describe how it feels to be a part of this.

I’ll try to keep the issues off the blog….only talk about what I’m doing.

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Ollie is very precise about some things. Ollie is the type of kid that eats all of one item on his dinner plate before moving on to the next. In order to keep him occupied for a little bit this afternoon, I took advantage of his persnickitines…..I gave him a big handful of rainbow Nerds.

Yup. He ate the one at a time, one color at a time.

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