it’s election day–go vote if you haven’t already
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I took a photo of my blahaj after her snuggle affirming surgery. I wish I could share it but my app, Sync, doesn’t want to upload it. EDIT: I tried with a second client and still couldn’t upload the image.
compress the image first, there’s a max upload size and I think a max pixel size (I forget)
Thanks! Successful Shark Surgery!
I want to post my thoughts, but at this point, I feel like the country has gone so far off the rails that I need to keep an eye on my op-sec. Suffice it to say that I’m devastated, exhausted, but filled with a new resolve. This post (a bit of a long read) has been helping me refocus and move forward: https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-things-to-do-if-trump-wins/
Good so far. My wife and are currently in Miami waiting for our connecting flight to Jamaica. We have been looking forward to this for months. Getting everything ready was stressful but we are very excited. This will be my first time leaving the US.
Did you arrive yet? How is it?
Sorry I’m just seeing this. It was truly amazing and beautiful. We got to meet so many friendly people, eat things we had never tried before, and got to really relax. The locals were so accomodating. At the airport now ready to fly home in a few hours, it’s bitter-sweet, I’m sad to leave but everything comes to an end and I miss my dog!
got my early vote in on friday, since i suspected the lines were going to be long today.
today is my birthday. 🥳
sheepdog festival last weekend was great. echo got to hang out and get a billion pets from all kinds of people, which is her favorite thing! she also had her first hotel stay, which went really well. she only barked three times (at the shower).
last night, our first rally submission was recorded, which i sent in today for judging. pretty sure we’ll get a passing score, easy peasy. i want to look into some more virtual titles we can do, since i get ring stress pretty bad. 😅
Happy birthday! :D
thanks!
Happy birthday to you!
thanks! (also, worst birthday present ever, AMERICA.)
Absolutely fucking shit.
Sorry. I thought things would be different. Sorely disappointed is an understatement.
Agreed. I think that this may be a galvanizing force that would otherwise would have been absent though. I think this will cause a lot of new friendships to be forged and bring about a unity that would otherwise never have been possible. Hell of a cost though, hell of a cost.
Same 💔
Dropped off my absentee ballot earlier today.
Update on Linus (our kitty who experienced kidney failure last week): Last I posted we were waiting to find out how much his numbers had gone up. It turns out his creatine went up quite a bit. It was over 3, when normally it should be 1.5 or lower. The vet said at this point it’s possible it could go back down (he didn’t seem optimistic about this), stay the same, or go up more. We’re taking him in again on Thursday to see what it is then. If it stays the same, we probably only have about two or three years left with him if we keep him on a renal diet.
He has a lot of his personality back and has his full appetite back (yesterday was the first time he ate his usual amount of food since he’s been hospitalized), but his energy level is definitely lower than it was before.
Sorry to hear about Linus. Kitties are very good at hiding their illness. May all your days with Linus be the best days ❤️. And hopefully there are many days left to enjoy.
I voted early. My partner voted today. Took 2 hours. We both have anxiety because of the 2016 result. All the polls were looking good, then we woke up in what felt like the wrong reality.
It’s all everyone is talking about. At work, in my apartment building. Even the sports bar down the block had election coverage on. It’s unavoidable and inescapable. I’m watching a movie to distract myself. Then I’ll turn on the news once the polls start to close.
I was an election judge in 2020. I’m kind of feeling guilty for not doing it this year. But I don’t have the capacity. I’ve been feeling straight up burnt out for most of the year with no end in sight. I’m actually thinking about calling the employer EAP.
I always celebrate all the wins in life , no matter how small. October and so far November have not had any of these. I really hope I wake up with good news.
About to get a lot worse!
Time to sleep, hopefully when I wake up the USA isn’t at civil war 🤞
Sigh ok :(
Sorry. I feel ashamed to be here.
Nothing to apologise for tbh, sane people did all they could
That’s true, we tried. Thank you.
not great
but about to play some gameboy so that’s good
What games?
Mostly the 1st harry potter gba game, it’s jank but playable with savestates
Slept <5h each day since last Wednesday.
Fucking tired. Sleep hygiene rules don’t help.
Will probably try sleep meds today.
I hope you’re able to find a solution. Sleep deprivation makes everything so much harder.
Lol
Sad, disappointed, and worried.
Absolutely horrible. Keeps getting worse. But hey some good news, at least I won’t be alive when the US of A finally fucking implodes on itself due to recent events. 🤬 Bigots and fascists; and this is what I served for, to ‘protect’?? Fuck ya’ll.
Thats pretty big, “at least I won’t be alive”… I won’t ask “everything OK?” because like, obviously it isn’t, even if we just consider the trump thing. But… What’s up? You okay?
I am not. Wish there where a better answer. I’ve died three times in as many years for different reasons. This next years outlook is dwindling mine.
But thanks for asking. Doing the best I can, which is admittily not stellar and not even “OK”. I exist, inefficiently.
So sorry for getting back so late, I didn’t get a notification for your reply for some reason.
Breaks my heart to hear you’re struggling so hard. I’m glad you’re doing your best, its the most anyone can ask of you. I hope that whatever circumstances can shift in your favour, do so.
Ugh i had no clue and this makes me so sad to hear, you are such a cornerstone for this community
I can’t speak to all of the ways that you have “served” over the years, but your service here has not gone unnoticed. I don’t pray, but i’m holding you in my thoughts today ❤
Terrified I’ll never get to vote again. Terrified it’s all going to get worse. Terrified for my unborn child.
