Election Day fever is sweeping the nation -- and some other nations, too.

The polls closed here 10 minutes ago, although I'm sure there are still people on line to vote. No matter -- the news programs will start analyzing and whatnot, coloring each state red or blue as they see fit. Well, I'm not going to watch any of it. It's "Jeopardy!" for me, and then I'm snuggling up with my book for the night. Hopefully, I will wake up tomorrow to the news that "my guy" is now the president-elect.

It's time for a change, don't you think?

8 p.m. update: "Jeopardy!" was pre-empted for extended election coverage. I'm totally bummed, but also completely sucked in. I hope they call this thing early, because I don't want to be up all night, glued to my TV, listening to everyone say it's "too close to call."

11 p.m. update: All the news anchors are announcing that Barack Obama has been elected the 44th president of the United States. And I'm happy that my guy won because I am getting a little tired.

12:30 a.m. update: I'm finally closing up shop for the night because I've seen McCain's concession speech (so classy) and Obama's victory speech (so moving). There were tears in my eyes, and I'm not even ashamed to admit it. (Hey, if Oprah can cry, then so can I.)