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Talk about whatever else is on your mind today.
The Election! We stayed up way too late on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, following this. I am still on pins and needles waiting for the outcome of this. I found a recipe for an Election Cake - pictured above - in the NYT's on Tuesday, and made it while watching the returns on Tuesday night. Baking this cake, concentrating on the directions, reading about its history, etc, helped me to manage my anxiety last night. Fortunately it is delicious - like a sweet cinnamon raisin bread. A new Election tradition in our house! I must admit that I am also shocked that the president has done so well. Given how poorly he has handled the pandemic, not to mention so many other things, I figured he wouldn't come close to winning. I truly hope that Biden wins. However, whatever the outcome - Biden, please!! - we need to reflect as a country on what all of the votes for the president mean.
November 5, 2020
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Talk about what is most upsetting or scaring you right now about the coronavirus pandemic.
I broke up with my gym this week. After months of loyalty including one blow up at Thanksgiving, my gym suddenly decided it was time to take classes back inside. I disagreed. Across the street from me, the local movie theatre reopened. I'm not going back. And across from the theatre, the new inside market opened. People are going back into the office. People are returning to normal. Or at least that's how I feel. The world is moving forward and I'm not ready. It feels like it's moving on and I'm being left behind. That's what scares me the most right now - that I'm being left behind or that I'm being pushed outside of my comfort zone. Normally, I like those things but not when it comes to bargaining with my life.
April 20, 2021