Yes We Can

It is official. Obama is the new president and I, KJ Konkin, have cried more times in one week than I have in the last 12 months. Happy tears, frustrated tears, exhausted tears...it's getting kinda soggy actually. In some ways, I DO wonder if it is hormonal. I like to imagine that it is my frustrated body demanding that I get it pregnant. LOL. Or maybe I have some planet squaring some moon. Anyway, it's all good because, like the lyrics from my favorite kid's album FREE TO BE, YOU AND ME say, It's alright to cry. Crying gets the sad out of us.

Glad to state that tonight the tears were mostly joyful as I watched a nation that is so beaten up, become lifted by the steady, zen energy of one man's reminder. Yes we can! Yes we can. Yes we can. It was inspirational to be observing something so profound happening and I was convinced, once again, that we are undergoing a massive, planetary shift. I congratulate America and, for the first time in a long time, don't feel sorry for them.

A few tears were the tender tears of a woman who misses being around her husband. All this separation is so hard on us. We have spent all of our time together for the last year and a half, so to be suddenly having to spend much of our weeks in different cities is challenging. We only get a short time to reconnect and it is natural to try and force it to happen quickly. But connection can't be forced. Making love because you are under a time constraint is never sexy. Or intimate. It's just filled with panic and pressure. And between Leon's exhaustion with this tour and my constant negativity about my job, it is a struggle to find our groove and relax back into our coupledom with only an 18 hour window. Thank god we are able to laugh about everything - loud and long. And thank god that Leon's tour ended today...so now we just have to work around one schedule.

I am thinking that the tears will soon cease. I open the show Friday and then I can sink into the Christmas holiday, make my money and plan out 2009. I'm leaning toward shaving my head - hat tip to Sarah - and moving to Kansas City, Missouri.

And no, I'm not really kidding.