Right after the bell rang Melissa ran out the door before I could. I wanted to make it to a yoga class. She was heading out to the library mall on the UW campus to see Obama. I'm not sure if she made it as they ended up turning thousands away since only about 12,500 could pack into the small mall area at the end of State Street. I couldn't find any great pictures of the UW rally with Obama but as I was looking around the internet I found two photos of Obama with athletes from La Follette high school. It seems Obama prefers Lancers over Spartans! He surprised the girls tennis team over on the east side of town. It would have been so much more exciting had he made a surprise visit to Monika's practice instead. He posed for pictures with the Lancer football team. Coach Harris used to be an English teacher at Memorial before trading in his green jersey for burgundy-- he got the photo op of his lifetime making that trade. This was the president's second visit to Madison, so he must like the liberal vibe here. The city hasn't had a presidential visit since Truman. I suppose all of them have been too conservative to risk a visit?
After tennis and swim team practices, I ran over to Costco for dinner. I picked up Erika from the bus who had stories of crazy downtown traffic due to the president's visit, and we had a nice evening at home together. All three girls have hordes of homework. I should be doing some cleaning...
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