Week 34 at Home: The Week That Would Not End

Oooof, this last week felt like it lasted a full year! I'm super happy that the asteroid that was predicted to hit the earth on November 2 didn't fulfill its destiny. With that disaster averted, the week was off to a great start.

And then Tuesday arrived...election day, which then turned into Groundhog Day for FOUR more days! I honestly didn't get a ton of work done this week. I was constantly refreshing the electoral college map, and having side conversations with co-workers on the literal "state(s) of the union".

I was thrilled when WI and MI turned blue, couldn't believe it when AZ leaned towards the dems, and then just about fell out of bed when I woke up one morning (couldn't tell you which morning...they were all the same) and saw that GEORGIA was blue, as well. I mean.....whaaaaaat?!

It's been a lot to take in this week, and when the AP finally called the election on Saturday, I had to stop cleaning my bathroom and take a few moments to celebrate. I had the sincere joy of explaining to Ava that we will have our very first female VP. She was shocked that it hadn't happened before. And then G asked me, "Have we had a girl president before?" No, little man, no we have not. But, we can never and will not ever give up hope that it will happen in our lifetimes.

Of course there are still states that need to certify their results, and then a very long (almost) three months before we can get #46 sworn in. And even then, there is a LOT of work to do for this country. For starters, there is healing, unifying, education, and some real conversations that need to happen. For the first time ever, I have thought about thinning out my friends list on social media. Someone actually posted "so now COVID is over!" Sure, ok. Tell that to the 100k+ people that will have their test results read positive today. And then the next 100k+ who will have that same result tomorrow. And keep repeating that over and over and over...

I'm looking forward to a better future (at least for the next four years.) I'm concerned that something worse than 45 will rear its ugly head for the next election. But, for today, we celebrate! And tomorrow, we keep up the hard work of building this country back to even better than it was before!

A little joy from the blue skies this weekend :)

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I would like to stay on the list. It makes me feel closer to you, Scott and the kids. Love to all of you and I love your posts.

November 8, 2020 at 9:21 AM

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