Yes. Absolutely.

I’m sure everyone is expecting some big-time, asshat liberal post about what is to happen later today.

In part, you are right.

Mostly, I just wanted to answer a well-loved critic, who has said to me, on several occasions, “What do you really think is going to change? How will he change anything? Change is a slogan, not a reality.”

To that person, I say this:

– Today, I become the sort of person who has the President’s photo as my desktop wallpaper

– Today, I finally have a President who knows how to pronounce the word “nuclear”

– Today, I know that much of the world is rooting for my president

– Today, I could go on a European roadtrip and not have to fight with French tourists who assume I’m for the Iraq War because I’m American

– Today, I don’t have to joke-ingly threaten a move to Canada

– Today, no one can say I’m against the troops because I don’t agree with my president

– Today, my daughter can retire the “I’m Already Smarter Than The President” t-shirt

– Today, I can tell everyone that my husband and I served our country yesterday

– Today, I am throwing a first-ever Inaguration Drinkfest

– Today, I am looking forward to a presidential speech

– Today, I won’t feel like such an outsider because I don’t agree with the majority

– Today, my views are actually being acted upon in the highest government office, instead of completely ignored

Change?

Yes.

For me, this is a very big change. I turned 18 years old in the Fall of 2000. I have never known an inaguration that didn’t make me want to cry sad tears.

The happy ones I will shed today? Big change.