The Big Sigh of Relief

I am so relieved. I don't get political here much, but I am so relieved and happy about the President-Elect. I usually like watching the returns on tv, but I was so anxious last night, I couldn't bear it. I did watch McCain give his concession speech, which was a good one, and then, Obama's acceptance speech, which was magnificent and full of hope and delivered with the calm confidence we need in a leader, not an aw shucks tone or a macho or arrogant tone.

Then I got pulled back down by reality with my mammogram today. Another likely adenoma that needs to be biopsied, just to completely rule out its being anything else. Mammograms, women! A most excellent idea. And you men out there... men can get breast cancer, too.

The Castle Personality Test

You have no problem diving into new experiences. You're so brave that you don't even notice how courageous you are. You like to think that people see you as dramatic and fascinating. You do your best to seem mysterious. You are a very romantic person. You can't help but see the world as it should be. Right now, you feel like the whole world is open to you. You see lots of possibilities. Overall, your life is calm and steady. Not much stirs you, and each day is full of joy. You feel like the fate of the future partially rests in your hands. You believe you need to help make the world a better place.

The Castle Personality Test

Feeling:

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After Thoughts

The one good thing I can say about the election is that it's over. No more mudslinging, til next time. No more TV and radio spots designed to make me reach for an aspirin. I am especially glad to no longer have to listen to the obnoxious radio ad for some local politician, the sort of radio spot that's supposed to sound like a family having a real conversation but it sounds stilted like they're reading from a script and have never had acting lessons.

I'm proud of NY, voting for Kerry and for reelecting Chuck Schumer to the Senate. I'm leaving the Kerry/Edwards code up in the sidebar, partly out of curiosity to see if/when it goes blank and partly because I can't bear to remove it yet.

Today was my annual mammogram which was a bit more painful than usual because the doctor reading the x-rays needed an extra two shots of the right one, all to better see a calcification that was nearly under my armpit. Not fun. BUT necessary. If you're a woman over 40 and have never had a mammogram, get one. Now. Run, don't walk. The life you save might be your own. If you're in your mid-late-30s and haven't had it done yet, you should get one, too, for a baseline. I had my first mammogram when I was 38 and haven't missed a year since I turned 40.

I'm beat, though. Went to the gym, did a lot of walking after, went shopping. Bought shoes and short boots (the Clarke's store had some new styles in stock), jeans and a sweater (in Macy's). The scale at the gym has me 3 pounds lighter than the one in the office of the doctor I went to a few weeks ago. I don't feel as if I lost weight, but I do like the thought of the lower number. At the gym, when the treadmill asked for my weight, I entered a number in between both amounts. And it was such a beautiful day, I wish I'd thought to bring along my camera.

I have the oldies satellite music channel on the TV right now. There's just something unsettling about listening to TV where there isn't much of a video option, just some facts about the song being played and the performer.

I wish there was a hockey game on. I miss hockey. I'd just gotten back into watching the Islanders a couple of years ago after they sucked so much I could bear watching for most of the '90s and now there's the damn lockout. I should read or work on my novel, but I just can't focus tonight, so I guess I'll just surf blogs on Blog Explosion. Again. I did that for a few hours last night. I might need a BE Anonymous group. Or I can check my Bloglines subs and see if anyone's found any cool links or quizzes.

Getting It Done (Reposted)

Deleted and reposted because an anonymous moron decided to defile this blog with his or her venom and for some reason, I've lost the ability to delete individual comments on this blog. I really don't want to have to shut down commenting, so I've done this delete/repost and will add puglet's comment at the bottom here.

Okay, I voted. In a local junior high school, in a very cramped space -- too many voting booths/districts jammed into a small room that's part of the lunchroom, I think. I brought a book with me in case the line was long, but it wasn't bad. I was out in 20 minutes. Voting was fast. I'd made up my mind, uh, 4 years ago even if I didn't at that time know the name of the Democratic candidate. I also voted for our senator up for reelection and for the rest, voted the party line. There were no proposals this year, which really startled me. We usually have at least two. And it was too dark to read, anyway. I keep forgetting how dark it is in there.

So I come home and catch up on the blogs I read and almost all are telling me to go vote. Been there, done that. The message got old pretty quickly. Even some of the photoblogs eschewed pictures to get the message out. I was looking for fun things to read to keep me distracted while I sweat out the election.

So, if you haven't yet, and you're a US citizen, please make sure you do vote before the polls close in your state. Because this year, more than ever, it's important. The winner of this election, among other things, is likely to name a Supreme Court justice or two or three over the next four years and that will affect this country and its laws for a lot more years to come. And that's all the political posting you'll see here. I usually save it for Occasional Blog.


puglet said...
aww..someone's cheerios got wee-wee'd on this morning, i think.I voted at 7 am. Yep. Then went to sleep, went to PT, went to work, and am now bashing my head against my desk..saying why..why..why..AGAIN???
6:01 AM

Me, again:
I've been physically sick since last night over this election. New York went all for Kerry and I'm very proud of everyone in this great state.