Still Holding Our Breath Aren’t We?

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She has no trouble sleeping. Just cuddled up dreaming about chasing cars!

So, hey Patrons! How are you all doing today? Feel a little bit in limbo? I do. I keep seeing “experts” say “Dems! You won! Feel good!” but I’m not ready to relax into that yet. I got way too burned in 2016 with the polling, results, recount (never happened), electoral college defections (never happened), impeachment (happened, but with no result), lawsuits, subpoenas, etc…. so I’m just going to wait until Biden has reached 270, there are no lawsuits that will be going to the Supreme Court, all states have certified their results, the electoral college has cast their (ridiculously outdated) votes and Biden is sworn in. Yeah, that’s a long way away but I’ve made it this far…

Can birch trees get any more beautiful?

I’ve kept a list of all the candidates I donated to, or wrote postcards for, to see how they’ve fared. Some races are still undecided, but I’d say, probably 2/3 of my candidates did not prevail. I was planning on happily checking off all the winners and following their successes. That was not the case. In fact, when I checked off someone who won, I would get tears welling up in my eyes. The polls did not prepare me for any of this.

I’d also like people to look into why the polling is so far off from the actual votes. Are the pollsters really that bad or are vote totals not matching what was cast? I really hope election results get audited and make sure they are recording accurately. I don’t put anything past people who have shown they will do anything to stay in power.

More pictures from Hidden Gardens from last week

I went to bed at a decent time election night, but got up around 2:30 am to check results and only saw scary bits about Trump claiming victory and demanding that states stop counting votes and people comparing him to a dictator. That was a bit jarring to see in the middle of the night! Luckily, it seems like no one (well, who isn’t one of his followers) takes the president seriously anymore and the vote counting continues.

Sunset on Monday evening. No filter here!

So, last night I went to bed at 7 pm! I figured I would just go sleep for 12 hours while the world went crazy and when I woke up, Biden would be declared winner. Nope. Nothing happened overnight, so I’m well-rested and have to face one of the longest days of my life (in close competition with yesterday and the day before). Again, I’ll say it, at least I have a big project to keep working on which takes my mind off of the election.

I put another big hole in my van! My windows finally came in and the weather is beautiful so I thought I would tackle this huge task. Unfortunately the windows do not come with very good directions and there are only a few videos online to figure it out, so I’m winging it a bit. I did wake up at 3 am this morning because my brain wanted to work on that project and figure it out, but did not have enough information to solve the dilemma, so I was luckily able to persuade it to go back to sleep after about an hour or two. Don’t want to get into that 3 am attempted problem-solving habit….

Hopefully today, as soon as I’m done writing this, I will be able to figure out how to complete this window and start on and finish the other two. I’m just not certain how it’s supposed to be attached on the inside of the van. It’s always the first one that is the hardest, so luckily I started with the littlest one, to minimize any mistakes I may commit!

And since there is so little information online, I think I’m going to film how I put in my other two windows to help people who are in the same predicament, figure this out easier. Then, I will be done putting big holes into my van! I will be so happy then! Cutting into the sheet metal is physically scary and value-of-the-vehicle scary!

So, what’s going to happen in the next few days? I think Biden will win enough electoral college votes. I think Trump will make a stink and try to take this to court. I will continue to enjoy this unseasonably warm weather Michigan is having by meeting my mom at a park. My stomach will no longer be in a knot, and I will be able to eat something besides rice with butter. I will be getting a couple of long walks in and make some serious headway on my van.

How about you? How are you going to take care of you? Walks? Animals? Nature? Books? Movies? I hope you find your combination and I hope by next Tuesday we will be pouring out champagne and allowing ourselves to feel a victory. Until then, take care of yourselves. Talk to you Tuesday!

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