Election Day 2020

ELECTION DAY 2020

Biden vs The Most Hateful Person on the Planet

USA

November 3, 2020

OMG, this day is going to be complete torture. It will be a day of great triumph or deep, deep sorrow.  Will we save democracy today? The whole world is watching us as we elect a president today.

In the past four years, I have heard lost of Republicans say that they voted fro Trump in 2016 and that they realized they made a mistake and never again.  I haven't heard one Democrat say he didn't vote for Trump in 2016 and that a was a mistake. I have also never heard of so many Republicans who say they are voting Democrat for the first time. I hope today is landslide.

I started at the polls at 6:45 this morning.  It is cold and windy and bitter.  And there were already people in line, waiting  to vote.  The polls weren't opening for another 15 minutes. I wonder what time the first person showed up.  I was there in an official capacity as a poll observer for Joe Biden.  And I was thrilled to serve.  It was my duty to make sure the process stayed legal.  And, of course, it did.

I left around noon to go to the gynecologist.  She plans to take a sampling of this huge growth which will be sent to the pathologist.  I should know the results by Friday.  I asked her to perform a hysterectomy on me ASAP. She laughed and told me she already has me on a fast track with an oncologist as necessary.

Afterwards, Debbie and I went to Tecca for a late lunch.  There were several places, in town, closed so employees could go vote.  I wonder why everyone didn't take advantage of early voting.  It was so damn easy. I voted three weeks ago.

My results come in on Thursday.  So I called Tricia and Sharon to discuss my situation.  Tricia told me that I am convalescing at her house and that is all there is to it and I may not escape to my apartment, during this period of time,  by UBER. I may need 6 to 8 weeks to recover.

My friend, Maaike, from the Netherlands, sent me an email and said, "I am with you in the days of the election in USA...We all pray for peace and reconciliation in our polarized world and in your country, the USA...stay well.

I'm watching the election results and I could vomit.  I wanted a landslide.  It doesn't look like a landslide.  It is still promising at this point.  But it is still too early.  And anything can go south at any moment.

The tension on social media is palatable  We are all on edge and ready to snap.  Deb Green and Mary Graham are texting me and they are annoyed with my slight optimism. They are feeling hopeless. I cant read too many of their text as this thought fo losing brigs me down and I have enough worry in my life right now.

I got a text from Annum, in Bangladesh, and she is cheering for us. She can't believe the race can be this close.

My Tweet replying to

@KamalaHarris

:

I’m thinking about you and Joe and America and human rights and the children in cages and the ACA and decency and hope and truth and a woman’s right to chose and the environment and a separation of church and state. Oh, and I took an anti-anxiety pill this afternoon. #BidenHarris

11PM- If I make it through this night it will be a miracle. Biden is ahead but I still am not comfortable. I wanted a landslide so that the results couldn't be disputed.  I may have to go to bed and just wait until the morning.

My Tweet: It's still early and there are still a lot more votes to count. I get it. But I am still disappointed that there are so many people out there who hate America and love a dictator.

11:30 PM- Mary Graham just texted me that she has to go to bed and I have to call her in the middle of the night if Biden wins.

Truthfully, I want to go to bed and wake up to a win.  Is that asking too much?

11:59 PM- Biden is ahead but there are still too many votes out there to be counted.  Maybe we will know something in the morning. I'm going to bed.