Sleep? Sleep is for the dead, my friends!

What great blog entry doesn’t start out about a mid-stage tranny transsexual for those of you not in the know)?
Originally, our entire group started out as a group of 40, with each team being composed of 5 or 6 members. My team is the best. We have all assumed leadership positions – which has caused me to sleep three hours in 48 (woo hoo – punchy blog writing ahead). My team members and I are rocking along – me coordinating Super Saturday Events, Josh coordinating volunteer appreciation day, Rob being the IT guy for DCCC/Dallas, Allison coordinating the Halloween lit drop and “Pews to the Polls”.
Lucky for us, this makes us an integral part of the Dallas system. Some were not so lucky and were sent to Beaumont, the armpit of Texas. DCCC made a stupid decision by sending the veterans away when we already built a team of people. Meanwhile, the new people coming in are taking their places. Anyway, of course we had to celebrate! So out we went for margaritas – mmmm. Afterward, we decided to drink a beer in the lobby with our soon-to-depart Ben would be fabulous. Let me paint a picture of our hotel – it’s a veritable crack den. Ladies wandering around with 40s of Miller High Life (obviously living the high life). Crack heads wandering the halls. You get the picture.
We were sharing a few laughs, lamenting Ben’s departure… Suddenly in walks a middle aged white guy with a scantily clad woman… or so we thought… The prostitute was a transsexual! Obvious characteristics gave her away – such as her extremely long face, cut back muscles and huge hands. The KY jokes went flying and sadly, we had a few laughs at the woman’s expense. Such is life.
Over the last two night, I have had a grand total of five hours of sleep – everything has been leading up to today – SUPER SATURDAY – the only Saturday of early voting in this big state. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working for 18 hours from 6am to 12pm. This morning, I had the privilege of waking up at 4:30 am! Exciting stuff my friends! I ensured that all five early voting precincts in our region were staffed, decorated, ready to give out food, soda and bash the opponent! I also ensured the delivery of 1000 balloons that say “Vote Democrat For Congress”. A person should never stress so much about latex unless a condom breaks.
On one random last note, a bit of karmic retribution… We had a team member who we shall call the Hobbit. The Hobbit was socially inept in every way. He was from Kansas and did not click with the team. Loved dungeons and dragons and revels in standing in line for Star Wars movies. The Hobbit only carried a Discover Card and had no ATM card! He is in his mid-twenties, lives at home and has never had a checking account. One day we gave him a bit of a hard time for carrying Discover. As it turns out, the powers that be wanted to send him to Beaumont. Team America was totally psyched about this development. The five turned to four totally socially competent people.
Yesterday, two of the four made a trip to Sam’s Club to buy necessary items for events. Turns out we had $438 worth of goods. We attempt to pay and as it turns out, Sam’s Club (evil evil evil Wal-Mart entity) does NOT take Visa (DCCC corporate card is Visa), MasterCard or American Express – but only Discover Cards and ATM cards!!!!! No one on the campaign had a Discover Card except the Hobbit and he was now 6 hours away… Finally, one of the older volunteers took one for the team and wrote a check for the amount and is praying to the gods of reimbursement as we speak….Super Saturday is off running and so must I….