One of the things I vowed to do before the end of this latest election, no matter the victor, was get more involved and talk to my elected officials. I actually started doing this a bit before the election - I called a couple times in the summer. I voted for Hillary Clinton, but even if she'd won, my intention was to call people representing me in ( Read more... )

1. I've had to severely cut back on my Twitter usage for mental health reasons. I haven't given up on it, of course - most of my online friends are there, for one thing - but I'm stopping a full backread when I first wake up and only reading a couple times a day, at least for the short term. I'm not good for anything if I'm struggling with anxiety ( Read more... )

1. The fact that it's November and I went outside without shoes at 1 in the morning is not helping me with this whole "higher level of panic than normal" thing. Highs in the 60s F are not comforting. However, checking the weather, apparently a winter storm's moving in this week? So at least there's some reason for the warmth ( Read more... )

The election. Yeah. (I can't tag right now because of my headspace, but I definitely talk upsetting things here, so look after yourself.) ( Here's some of what I'm thinking. )

1. Election Day in the US. I highly encourage voting if you can/haven't yet ( Read more... )

1. One quick political thing. ( Phew. )

HOLY COW ( Read more... )

1. Halloween was lovely. Team Friend T came over (so T, her husband, and her two kids) as well as Bro-in-Law's parents, aunt and uncle, and grandparents, and there was trick-or-treating and eating and talking and general fun shenanigans. I dressed as Captain America, which was actually last year's costume, but I repurposed it because this year's ( Read more... )

1. I have a cold. I've had a cold since mid-week. I spent all day in bed and don't feel better, and of course I have a busy week ahead of me (not to mention Halloween is my favorite holiday and I'm probably going to just be sick and miserable for the duration). Sorry to complain; I knew this was coming, since Sister spent last week under the ( Read more... )

1. Went and voted today! I don't feel better about the election AT ALL, but at least I've switched my "what if I don't make it in time somehow even though I've voted every two years since I turned eighteen" anxiety to "what if I selected the wrong things on my ballot even though I carefully researched/marked my sample and triple checked my actual ( Read more... )