Too?

I'm starting to think President Obama is just TOO inspiring. So many hopes and dreams pinned to one guy - trying to shift a nation's course. It's only been 35 days. He still has (at least) 4 years to go.

I didn't feel inspired after last night's address. And I wonder about that....wonder what I was needing to hear that I apparently didn't? He certainly got rave reviews by all accounts. He is most certainly a great orator and delivered a clear, understandable message. I think we're in the best of hands - and certainly compared to the other guy that might have been in the job if it weren't Obama.

Still, I just didn't 'feel it' last night. I'm apparently resigned to the stock market tanking no matter what is said - or done. I'm apparently resigned to acknowledging that we will work another 10, 12, 15 years....at least. Most certainly I will - and perhaps my hubby, too, depending on where we are when he hits his 'full' retirement age of 66 in another 7 years.

I don't think I expected a miracle....but maybe I did? And so since one hasn't materialized - since it's clearly going to be a long, slow climb up, I guess I'm kind of disappointed...and resigned. So maybe he's just too inspiring and my expectations are all screwed up?

To me, he sounded like a politician. I've never felt that way about him before last night. And it isn't that I like/love him any less - it's just that he's a politician. And I'm not really sure that he knows what the answer is. He's just trying a lot of things - like throwing spaghetti against the wall to see when it's 'done' and hoping it sticks.

Because we're all starving. We need something to stick pretty damn quick.