avoidance

election avoidance
The next few days will be an exercise in avoiding all news sites and TV coverage of the election. I can't stand to see headlines where Obama's winning (don't want to get my hopes up) or where he's losing (don't want to deal with the pain if he loses until it happens). So I am just avoiding it all. None of it is as bad as it was last time around when I was so very emotionally invested in the outcome. Plus, there's no Sarah Palin in the race and that makes all the difference. I still loathe her to the core of my being.

I told D that Tuesday we'd not have the TV on for election coverage when I was in the room. That's when he reminded me that he'll be on a plane then. And then I remembered Avery and I leave to join him in NYC on Wednesday (D was originally scheduled to fly with us on Wednesday, but had to change his flight to leave a day earlier).

guy fawkes party
We hosted about 80 people for D's annual Guy Fawkes party. In reality this event has nothing to do with Guy Fawkes except that it's British holiday and D's British. The party went well, I think. I had a good time when I did interact. When the number of people overwhelmed me, I hid in my bedroom for a bit, then came back out. I did this a few times until hitting the sack at a respectable time (if you're 80). There was lots of laughter until the last people left around 1:30.

I just sorted through all the trash from the party so I could pull out recyclables and compostables. It left us with surprisingly little trash all things considered. We still have the tent set up on the back deck and tables and chairs from the rental company scattered on the deck, in the garage, and in the house, but overall the house is in a livable state. Rental stuff will be picked up tomorrow, so no big deal.

My hostess gift for the evening: two boxes of fruit rollups. Perfection. I suspect someone reads my blog.

nyc
Our trip is still on as long as we have a hotel room. We have a reservation, but given that the city's hotel rooms seem to be bursting at the seams, I'm wondering if they will bump us or something.