So after having this nifty phone for almost seven months, we finally figured out how to get photos off my camera phone and onto the computer. We’ve all tried this several times, with Bluetooth and cables and SD cards, and nothing worked. Dan tried, I tried, Greg tried, my dad tried — nothing.

And now suddenly, it works (thanks to Greg – still not sure what we did differently this time). So here’s a huge blog dump of completely unconnected photos from my phone over the last seven months.

At about 6am on election morning, the line for our polling place was already incredibly long. Definitely felt like a historic moment - voter turnout in Harrisonburg was extremely high last year. And I'm sappy enough that voting in my second federal election was a big big deal.

On election night, Greg, Dan and I watched the returns at home. This was the first moment things started to shift, when CNN called Virginia for Obama.

And then the final crucial moment. I cried, Dan and Greg both said "Cool."

This was my phone's wallpaper for a long time - silly puppy.

This is Jack, Greg's parents' dog. It's an appropriately blurry photo, since Jack is rarely still (but very sweet).

This is the portrait of Gideon Blackburn, hanging in Blackburn College's Lumpkin Library. Gideon was the founder of Blackburn College, and our cat Gideon is named after him. (They look nothing alike.)