It was a long night last night watching the election results come in. We are watching again tonight but I don’t have an expectation that we will know tonight yet. I found myself getting too caught up in all of it and told Jim we needed to do something physical so I could move out some of the pent up energy I had.
We moved the bookcases in the study around. Moved one out and rearrange the other four. Jim has a lot of books! He still has more books in Stillwater to bring. The new desks didn’t fit with the way the bookcases were before and they look so much nicer now that the bookcases are better arranged. We had to take all the books off the shelves so we could move the bookcases. Turned out to be more work for Jim then for me as he needed to make sure the books were arranged to his liking when we put them on the proper shelves. Glad we got that task done though.
I got a big batch of Party Mix made today. The batch made eight gallon zip lock bags full. Feels good to have the first batch of holiday cooking done. I always give the kids a bag of Party Mix at Thanksgiving and then another bag at Christmas time. Not sure we are gathering for either event this year but one way or another I will get them their Party Mix. Some traditions have to be upheld.
I took a long nap late afternoon today. I had trouble falling asleep last night – I was too worried about the election results. I finally took another hot bath around 5:00 this morning and was able to sleep after for a couple of hours.
Jim met our new doctor today. He liked him. He found out my medical records haven’t arrived yet so they can’t schedule an appointment for me yet. This is turning into a disaster – but helps me know it is past time for me to find a new doctor. My old doctor’s office is incompetent. Hoping the new doctor is better.
I only have to take two antibiotics a day for this week after two weeks of taking four a day. It is nice to not have to take so many pills a day. I will take two a day for one week and then go to one a day for a week. Then I have eight weeks of one every other day.
When I went down to let the chickens out today they were out of water. It was warm here today and I didn’t get down to let them out until close to noon. Their heat lamp was on and they must have gotten hot and drank lots of water. We went down tonight to close them up. I hadn’t turned the light on yet for them and it was after dark. About ten of them had settled down outside the coop for the night. I had to pick some of them up and throw them in the coop. At least they are easy to catch after dark.
I struggle with understanding why so many people voted for Trump. The corruption and lies and total incompetence he brings with him seems pretty overwhelming evidence to me that he is not fit to be president. Guess if I only watched Fox News I might have a different set of facts to sort through. I surely hope that if Biden wins he will find a way to work with the Senate and stop the log jam that seems to be in Washington these days. I don’t have a lot of faith that can happen but to give up hope feels too dark for me to accept.
Grateful the study is coming together and looking nice, grateful the first batch of holiday cooking is done, and grateful Biden still has a chance to win.