I'm going to vote.
I'm going to vote a straight Democratic ticket. I have done this since 1980.
This year, after I vote, I'm going to come home and avoid the television like the plague.
Two years ago I was off work on election day. I spent the day painting trim in my foyer, and as I painted I kept hearing the prognostications. Then the evening came, I was still painting near the t.v., and I heard all of the awful events unfold in real time.
My daughter The Fair was still living at home, and she turned six shades of pale and asked for a glass of wine ... which she couldn't drink. Mr. J just stared at the t.v. in a state of apoplexy.
By midnight, Fair and I were weeping.
This time, maybe if I don't watch any returns, some degree of normal will return to the landscape.
It's magical thinking. But what if I'm right?
Do whatever it takes to ensure a good result, Anne!
ReplyDeleteI'm not watching either.
ReplyDelete"This year, after I vote, I'm going to come home and avoid the television like the plague."
ReplyDeleteDitto.
HI,
ReplyDeleteI went to bed early two years ago, woke in the middle of the night, read the bad new, and my stomach dropped. It's still missing. I often despair.
Jenny
spouse and I voted early this morning. turnout is heavy at my polling place. (crosses fingers)
ReplyDeleteIt seems to have worked.
ReplyDelete--Kim Cooper