If you can watch an inauguration as it is without playing a game at the same time, good for you. Meanwhile, I was watching Donald Trump become president with a game sharing the computer screen.

One thing is to be said about his speech, however: I looked away from my game. Shocking! That I, a first-time voter without any inauguration viewing before, looked away from my very fun game to something that would otherwise seem rather tedious to me.

But I was curious. For so many months, the country has argued and has been in a state of disbelief over the "Trump issue." Though, today, I found myself respecting President Trump more than I ever had candidate Trump.

Throughout this entire journey, I didn't truly support either presidential candidate. For Clinton, I didn't trust her even the slightest, and for Trump, I just didn't know what was wrong with him. He just seemed to be this blabbering rich guy that had no idea what he was getting himself into. I honestly believed that he simply wanted to bask in the spotlight, absorb the attention he's lacked since the cameras turned away from him when The Apprentice ceased making episodes.

However, as I was running around defeating monsters in my game, I heard his speech and froze. Who was this man speaking? Surely this wasn't the same Donald Trump I'd considered immature and unfit for office. Surely this couldn't be the same Donald Trump that had said many stupid things that made me lose faith in him.

It was.

Donald Trump has changed during this long road to becoming president.

From being loud and boisterous, obnoxious and someone that each candidate at the start found particularly annoying, Donald Trump, to me, seems to have taken on a more professional aura during his speakings. Especially since he was announced the president-elect, he has been calmer in tone and maybe not calmer in how he speaks but how he addresses things. As the time till the inauguration dwindled, Trump was saying less and less "wrong!" and "no!" This is at least what I, an impatient college student, have seen in him.

Now, Trump's inaugural address surprised me, as I've said. Somehow, as it neared its close, I actually started to feel a sense of hope. I thought to myself, "This man might actually do good," a thought I was incapable of since he first announced his candidacy. The way he spoke was so clear and so vital. Before long I had found myself leaning towards the screen as if his words alone would start to change everything and, well, "make America great again."

I never thought I would say those words. I have been trying to convince myself for months now that this country was still great and simply off of our path a little bit, but as the economy maintained constant deterioration, particularly here in Louisiana, I realized the country wasn't just a little off the path: it was a venturing farther every month that went by without improvement for any of us.

Trump began his inaugural address wonderfully, professionally, "Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: Thank you."

Their was true respect in the way he said this. A skeptic of his actions after all this time would've thought it painful for him to say the words "Clinton," "Obama," "and "thank you" in the same sentence... but he did it. He did it in a way that looked almost true to me, like he wasn't just pretending for the day. I suppose time will tell on that circumstance.

Next, Trump stated, "We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and to restore its promise for all of our people."

Amazing. To be fair, I never experienced an inauguration before. This could be a line every president says in his inaugural address, but what do I know? I know the answer is at my fingertips as I write this, but I don't want to know the truth. I want to remain in this bubble of hope that the auditory signals sent through my ears to my brain has created around me due to these words by Trump.

He looked at us - looked at us - as he said these words and every word after. He never looked down. It brought faith into me that once again, maybe our presidents were going to stop relying on sheets of paper to tell them what to say. Now, again, he may have just memorized it from a paper that was there, but the fact of the matter is that he didn't look down.

He didn't look down when he was criticized and told he would never make it to the presidency let alone the debates; he didn't look down when he became a practical laughingstock of the Internet; and he didn't now. Respect for him flared up in me alongside the subtle hope of a better America.

Another line I find special to me is when Trump declared that the day was for the transfer of power not only to a different administration but to us: "...we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People."

Could this just be another political promise? Quite possibly. But I want to believe that he really will help us in every way that he can, which isn't every way but still a lot of them.

"You will never be ignored again," Trump told us all. We won't be ignored? It's a breakthrough! Okay, yeah, who knows if he's speaking meaningfully or not? Though, he's not political. That "political promise" I just questioned couldn't exist because he was technically not a politician before now. It's like a whole new ballgame. And if what he says is true, I cannot wait to feel actually free for this first time in a while. I'm tired of worrying whether or not my state is going to get screwed over again. I don't know if Trump really recognizes Louisiana, I feel most people don't since we're just kind of here. While we may be a large part of the oil, fishing, and sugarcane industries and while we may have great tourist attractions, I have felt for a time now that no one cares about us. That is why Obama allowed us to sink.

If Trump can take away the fear that my family is going to be out of work, that I won't be able to find a job to take care of the student loans I hope to avoid, then I may actually pray for once.

Finally, he ended his address with a repetition of strong phrases that made me glad he was elected:

"Together, We will make America strong again.

We will make America wealthy again.

We will make America proud again.

We will make America safe again.

And yes, together, we will make America great again."

For months I have hated the sight of that final phrase, but today I smiled at it for the first time ever. It was wonderfully said what he wished to accomplish in office. I truly believe in his statements that he will do what he can to set us back on the path we have swerved from for too long. Strength and wealth will help the people feel proud and safe, and once that's done, we may just truly be "great again."

All I ask of you is to help me feel that pride, as well as safety as a Latina, and bring this country no extra harm in economy. If you can do even a portion of that, I will forever thank you, President Donald Trump.