I woke up this morning with a sense of...no dread. In fact, everyone on the news was being nice instead of trying to incite a riot, people seemed to be waiting patiently (well except for Trump) for the ballots to finish being counted, and the general tone was just peaceful. Our sunset was beautiful (see photo above), the weatherman said we will get rain this weekend (the first time in 200 days), and republicans on the news were not kissing up to Trump (the first time I can recall in nearly four years!).
So while we still wait for Biden to be declared the president-elect, it seems maybe people are taking a collective exhale and releasing all of the tension of the past week (years?). I'm definitely looking forward to more peaceful times than we have experienced over the past few years!
I have slept soundly and for a good 8 hours for the first time in ages. Trump won't be able to shut up about conspiracy theories, but at least he won't have a bully pulpit after January 20, 2021.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you (and I also had a nice long sleep last night!).
DeleteI'm very thankful that Biden is ahead in NV. Still waiting for the final counts. I'm not exhaling just yet though. I've been up at midnight, watching the counts come in. Can't wait until the official call is made. What happens next could be pretty scary though. I'm still very very worried.
ReplyDeleteSo far so good. It looks like Biden is pretty far ahead now and all of the big groups shown on the news today are cheering about the election results and not rioting so that is great too!
DeleteSo relieved -the tension has been terrible - couldn't sleep - could not tolerate another four years of Trump - pray we will now unite and get this country back on track. In fact. I think I will take a nap knowing things will get a lot better in the future. Be kind to one another - we are in this together.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great sentiment--hopefully people will be more unified going forward instead of being so divided over everything. And a nap sounds very good now!
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