Obama Wins; FB Barcelona Defeated!!

Well, Obama got back into the White House.  Sara woke me up with a cup of tea this morning to tell me the news.  North Carolina and Indiana did switch to Romney, as predicted in north Carolina anyway, but Romney failed to pick up those "swinging states" of Ohio and Virginia which could have secured him victory.  The final electoral college votes counted, as of this morning, were Obama 303, Romney 206.  270 votes secured the White House.  Whilst it was much closer than in 2008 it certainly wasn't as close a race as had been predicted. Quite a number of my Christian friends and colleagues expressed relief that Obama had secured a second term.  I attended Mid-Week Eucharist at St. John's this morning - there were five of us with Nils.  I prepared for tonight's lodge meeting in Salisbury this afternoon.  Mary brought home her friend Natalie for tea - Mary seems to be a  very popular girl and frequently has friends around.  She is so different from Thom who prefers his own company.  Tonight's lodge meeting was attended by 15 (several of whom were visitors) and we can a Masonic Quiz evening.  True to form, the term of which I was a member won!  No prizes though and the result was close 14 points v. 13 points. We had an excellent dinner of vegetable soup, roast pork and apple sauce, an extremely delicious pear tartine and cheese and biscuits.  It was good to see a couple of Provincial Officers supporting us as well as a Grand Officer.  A pleasant aspect of the evening was time for a leisurely chat around the dinner table after the formal proceedings had concluded.  This meant, however, that I didn't get home until 10.30 p.m. - half an hour later than expected.  I watched the Celtic v. FC Barcelona match in the Champions' League which caused an upset when Celtic beat Barcelona 2-1 - Barcelona's first defeat for three years!  It was a great match which I thoroughly enjoyed watching after such a busy day. Consequently I didn't get to bed until 1 a.m.  A quieter day tomorrow when I don't expect to leave the village.  A church meeting tomorrow night to attend down the road at St. John's