I Voted...Have You???

Our Presidential Primaries aren't until Super Tuesday (February 5), but we've had early voting from January 16-31. I meant to go when they first opened, but completely forgot. I was reminded by a news segment, so went today (the last day) after school. For the last several years, I've been taking advantage of the early voting. It's much less crowded!!! Christopher and I were in and out in about 10 minutes. There was hardly anybody there (approximately 3 pm), so we didn't even have to wait.

Unfortunately, Christopher decided that he didn't like the place, so completely freaked out. I had him in his umbrella stroller and he did fine until just after I'd given my driver's license and voter registration card to the lady at the 1st desk. As we were just about to move on, he started saying, "Go back! Go back!" I didn't have a clue what he was talking about and just went on to the next stop and then to the voting machine. He got MUCH worse and was practically hysterical, so I pulled him out of his stroller and held him while voting. I tried to reassure him that he was okay, but it didn't help. There was even a lady who was a volunteer/employee there who came over to talk to him. That only made matters worse as he doesn't want any part of strangers in unfamiliar environments. I somehow managed to finish voting, but couldn't get out of that building fast enough! He calmed down as soon as we walked out and was just fine by the time we got to the car. He even talked about it later that evening! LOL!

I just hope he doesn't have a regular fear of that building as that's where we go to early vote!