Change
I didn't realize how angry and shut down I've been for the last two years...until today. I took the day off from work - as I did after the 2004 elections, but then I just lay in bed watching tv depressed. I really disengaged from news and dialogue because it just made me so upset. But you can't really just unplug like that, and the anger was still there and seeped out in other ways. I just didn't know it until now. I don't expect any real change - but just knowing that there's people in place that will stop the radicalization of the judiciary and the continued consolidation of Executive Power is just a tremendous relief.