by S.L. Jordan

I think we can all agree that everything is stirring, even the mice. As the election drew near, I can admit that my anxiety started to bubble to the surface. The outcome of the election is important, don’t get me wrong, but I can’t help but wondered what’s going to happen AFTER the election.

The course has already been set, and regardless of which party gets to claim Victory, how do we come back from this? Now that the veil has truly been lifted, where do we go from here? Can either side put petty SELF interests aside and work together? IS bi-partisan even a thing anymore? Can we become a three party system? Will families ever be able to sit an enjoy a simple celebration/holiday/dinner together again?? It’s a lot going on.

Until today, I thought I was handling everything with my usual sense of logical pessimism. And it wasn’t until I hit that first upward dog in yoga class today, and felt how tight my quads were that I realized I had not been being honest with my self.

I AM SCARED!

Michael Beschloss, Presidential historian, tweeted on Nov. 1st that in 1960, 1968, 1976, 2000, 2004, and 2016 we weren’t certain of the election’s outcome. Not that I was expecting one tomorrow, but that’s another part that has me worried. What will the “Q*A*non” do with that? The “hoteps”?

Needless to say, I voted early. So, tomorrow is going to be a day of art for me. I will do some writing and world building for my graphic novel, Nightwatcher. I will practice my watercolors. I am going to watch the new adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Emma, that is on HBO Max.

What are you going to do tomorrow, and the day after for that matter, to DE-compress?