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SlogginThroughIt

(1,977 posts)
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:47 PM Nov 2020

I just can't stand this. I know they have to get the vote right but

I cannot stand the yo-yo he's going to win, he isn't going to win. PA is in the bag, it's going to be close. Nevada is done, not-so-fast. Blah blah blah blah blah.

My nerves are completely shot. My eyes are blood shot and I think I need a shot!

This has to end. The country can't keep sitting on pins and needles.

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I just can't stand this. I know they have to get the vote right but (Original Post) SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 OP
Staying busy away from the news is the best remedy. mysteryowl Nov 2020 #1
I'd rather have accuracy than speed... regnaD kciN Nov 2020 #2
There are no yo-yos. PTWB Nov 2020 #3
I haven't heard anyone saying Biden can't win. LizBeth Nov 2020 #4
Thanks LizBeth SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #10
I hear you on kids issue thing. I am there too even though LizBeth Nov 2020 #11
I'm antsy and taking a break from cable news for now. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #5
Yeah, the emotional see-saw has tied my stomach in knots for days now. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #6
Stay busy if you can. Paralysis sucks. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #7
Most of my baking friends say they same thing. I will attest to their sanity. NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #16
It's amazing, right? I eat a home made chocolate chip cookie and I just glow inside. 58Sunliner Nov 2020 #21
Yum! NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #24
I know how you feel Catherine Vincent Nov 2020 #8
Don't take a shot now! 70sEraVet Nov 2020 #9
That's OK. Many of us are right there with you. llmart Nov 2020 #12
Yeah I am working on remodeling a couple rooms SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #14
I avoid cable news BlueMTexpat Nov 2020 #13
I have refreshed this site probably 300k times the last few days! SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #15
Avoid the people here who keep saying we've won. cwydro Nov 2020 #17
For what it's worth, I think we'll all have a nice weekend. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #18
Oh man I need a good weekend! SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #20
I think I aged a few years this week. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #22
We'll get there. It's just going to take some time. NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #19
Right there with you. ananda Nov 2020 #23

regnaD kciN

(26,044 posts)
2. I'd rather have accuracy than speed...
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:49 PM
Nov 2020

...besides, if the waiting is driving you nuts, think of how it must be for Dead POTUS Walking.

 

PTWB

(4,131 posts)
3. There are no yo-yos.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:50 PM
Nov 2020

We are gonna win PA. All the Dem officials there have been saying it since yesterday. The math just doesn’t add up for Trump.

Everything else is theatre.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
4. I haven't heard anyone saying Biden can't win.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:50 PM
Nov 2020

From the start, it has been pretty clearly Biden momentum. I think you can relax, everyone know it is Biden.

 

SlogginThroughIt

(1,977 posts)
10. Thanks LizBeth
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:53 PM
Nov 2020

It has been a really long four years for all of us. But I honestly don't know how I would get through another 4. You are right there really is no reason to think that this nightmare won't end. But I am scared shitless for my kids.

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)
6. Yeah, the emotional see-saw has tied my stomach in knots for days now.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:51 PM
Nov 2020

I'm like this:

sometimes all in the span of a couple hours.

58Sunliner

(4,372 posts)
7. Stay busy if you can. Paralysis sucks.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:52 PM
Nov 2020

I drink a lot of tea. Helps your nerves. I've been baking too. I'm fatter but saner.

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
16. Most of my baking friends say they same thing. I will attest to their sanity.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:00 PM
Nov 2020

The therapeutic benefits of baking can't be overstated.

58Sunliner

(4,372 posts)
21. It's amazing, right? I eat a home made chocolate chip cookie and I just glow inside.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:12 PM
Nov 2020

I feel so grounded. I recently made banana nut bread with dark chocolate chips-heaven!

70sEraVet

(3,474 posts)
9. Don't take a shot now!
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:52 PM
Nov 2020

I'd love a glass of wine, but I want to make sure that I'm sober enough tonight to open the bottle of champagne that I've been saving for years for a SPECIAL occasion! I feel sure that I'll be opening TONIGHT!

llmart

(15,533 posts)
12. That's OK. Many of us are right there with you.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:56 PM
Nov 2020

Including me! I had to step away for several hours and go outside to rake leaves just to get some of the nervous energy abated. I have refused to turn on my TV all day because I know myself well enough to know that would only ramp up the anxiety. I check DU off and on, but even that gets me going.

I wish there was a way that DU could just ring a virtual bell when the call is official - something I can hear if I'm away from my desk. I want to honk my horn or go out in my yard and shout at the top of my lungs - at least so the trumper down the street hears me.

 

SlogginThroughIt

(1,977 posts)
14. Yeah I am working on remodeling a couple rooms
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:00 PM
Nov 2020

Yeah I am working on remodeling a couple rooms in my house and I go in and pull some nails every now and again or sweep the floor and some other things. But then I pull out my phone, Or I flip on the radio.

Ugh this is torture!

BlueMTexpat

(15,365 posts)
13. I avoid cable news
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 05:56 PM
Nov 2020

completely and get all my information on-line.

DU is one of my go-to sources.

It's so much nicer to listen to good music while I'm surfing the web than to hear the anchors jabber on and on ... and on ... and on.

And there's always Netflix. I've been on a Korean series binge lately.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
17. Avoid the people here who keep saying we've won.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:01 PM
Nov 2020

I’m beginning to be a bit suspicious of their motives.

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
19. We'll get there. It's just going to take some time.
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:06 PM
Nov 2020

I keep imagining how wonderful it will be to wake up in the morning with Biden as President. I will no longer feel compelled to check the news first thing to see what kind of awful thing tRump has said or what horrible policy he's enacted. Not to mention wondering whether he's brought us to the brink of war with his insane playground bully provocations.

We're going to have a real President. Not a reality show pretend one. Focus your thoughts there.

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