I met Michelle Obama yesterday! and life update

So - like I said a bit ago, I've been working for the local Obama for America office.  Phonebanking, knocking on doors, etc.  My mom has been helping out too, and it's been fun.  Well, the Montana primary is today (I just got back from voting, actually), and so Sunday night, the guy who has been kind of in charge of it all around here called to let me know that Monday (yesterday), Michelle Obama would be speaking at an event just for volunteers like us in Kalispell and then afterward we would all be continuing on with calling and knocking on doors.

My mom and I got there a little late, so she was already speaking when we arrived.  We quietly snuck into the back, however, and caught a good portion of her speech.  Afterward, they gave us lists and we started calling voters (everyone I called was wonderfully upbeat and surprisingly, I only called 2 people who weren't voting for Obama - one was for Hillary, and the other was undecided and not sure if he'd be voting at all), and she started making the rounds meeting volunteers, getting pictures, signing things... We were on the side of the room exactly opposite from where she started, and so we ended up being the last people she met (after us, her security people told her that she had to leave). We shook hands, said a few words (my mom made sure to thank her for all the time she spends away from her family to meet and speak to supporters - it must be exhausting and difficult at times) and then she saw the camera my mom was holding, asked if we'd like a picture (um, yes please) and threw her arms around me for a wonderful picture together:

Me w/Michelle Obama!

In other news:

--I'm still knitting my cap-sleeved sparkly green bamboo top thing, but I've also returned to those gloves (when I accidentally made two gloves that only fit one hand), making the two left handed gloves to match the two right handed gloves. 

--The vegetarian thing is going quite well - I ate some shrimp last week but minimal and only because I was feeling really horrid and weak.

--I might be going to Canada to be in a rugby tournament thing with some friends (?!) More details when I have more details.

--I got my hair cut (see picture above, and to the right).  It doesn't look like much but she actually took off about five inches and gave it amazing shape that it didn't have before

new haircut

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