Yesterday at 11:30am EST it was as if a huge weight had been lifted from my shoulders. Like I had been holding in a breath way too long and could finally exhale. I know I'm not the only one who felt this way. Multiple people expressed similar feelings. I was hit with such a rush, I collapsed into a nap. Last night I slept for 9 hours. The longest I have slept in quite a while. I am not stupid, I know it's not over yet by any stretch, but it feels like we have reached the end of a very long and dark tunnel but finally there is a shimmer of light at the end of it. And this time, it's not a train. Watching Biden give his speech live last night was emotional for us. Listening to him and Harris just felt good. Is he the candidate I wanted? No. But he is a better step in the right direction. Pull us out of the spiral we've been in for four very rough years. The rest of the world felt it too. The messages coming from other world leaders was incredible. I don't think in my entire life I have ever seen the world's stage act this way. They are overjoyed to have an adult back in control. But yes, it's still two months away. Yes, the giant man-baby is throwing a tantrum. If somehow this gets overturned, if by some twisted evil magic this ends up being another Gore/Bush, I fear for all of us. The violence and anger that would erupt would tear us apart for good. We HAVE to move forward where we are. 75 million people have spoken. There cannot be backwards steps. It would devastate us as a country. Let us see the light and move to the end of that damn tunnel.
I did all my tasks yesterday. Laundry, house cleaning, made a pot roast in the slow cooker, water changes on the tanks, and a dozen other little things around the house. We had a friend come over to help us celebrate the good news. We opened a bottle of sparking pear cider and toasted a new day. B also cut his hair for him. We watched some videos, watched the speech, and for the first time in a quite a while, things felt normal.
Don't want to lose that feeling. Please for the sake of all of us, don't let me lose that feeling.
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