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happybird

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25. Thanks!

Reply to hamsterjill (Reply #23)

Wed Oct 28, 2020, 12:22 PM

Oct 2020

This is such an important election, it is killing me to sit it out.
I slipped in quietly, after the lunch rush, to vote in both 2016 and 2018, paranoid and scared as hell. But it was too important to miss and was worth the risk of possibly being “seen.”

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How's everybody doing as we near Election Day?" [View all] hamsterjill Oct 2020 OP

I vacillate between anxiety and elation, despair, and guarded optimism SoonerPride Oct 2020 #1

I ' M - A - N E R V O U S - W R E C K 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2020 #2

My stress level is extreme. Marius25 Oct 2020 #3

COVID-19 is raging in Upper Mi so we are settling into semi-self quarantine mode Kaleva Oct 2020 #4

Fine thanks! Harker Oct 2020 #5

I know we will win Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #6

I'm great. I live in Texas, we're going blue. Shell_Seas Oct 2020 #7

Where are you in the great state of Texas? hamsterjill Oct 2020 #20

DFW, half the metroplex is already blue...it's just about to get bluer! Shell_Seas Oct 2020 #37

Cool! Here's hoping! hamsterjill Oct 2020 #38

I have no fingernails left Bayard Oct 2020 #8

General misanthropy. maxsolomon Oct 2020 #9

Stressed. Super Stressed. qwlauren35 Oct 2020 #10

I am excited. I am going to enjoy every friggin' minute of it. From here on out, I am cheering LizBeth Oct 2020 #11

We got this. I predict a 23-25 million vote win for Joe NightWatcher Oct 2020 #12

I love love love your positive attitude..and you're right! A big win will end our nightmare Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #15

Turn Your Pain Into Power TomCADem Oct 2020 #13

I'm cautiously optimistic and also really, really bummed I can't vote happybird Oct 2020 #14

Oh gosh.. that's terrible sorry Thekaspervote Oct 2020 #16

To quote Mr. Rick James, happybird Oct 2020 #19

I'm proud of you! hamsterjill Oct 2020 #23

Thanks! happybird Oct 2020 #25

Still can't sleep bottomofthehill Oct 2020 #17

Doin' fine Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #18

I'm doing fine, but then I didn't buy in to angst-ridden conspiracy theories in the first place brooklynite Oct 2020 #21

My logical mind looks at the data and says that everything is great. Yavin4 Oct 2020 #22

I'm a mess. But I'm also very hopeful. Happy Hoosier Oct 2020 #24

I'm taking bdamomma Oct 2020 #26

I'm feeling great TexasBushwhacker Oct 2020 #27

Texan here. hamsterjill Oct 2020 #34

That's wonderful. Their future depends on it TexasBushwhacker Oct 2020 #36

A mostly-optimistic nervous wreck. Mike 03 Oct 2020 #28

I hope to be able to sleep better Bettie Oct 2020 #29

FL is bothering me a little, still very confident in Biden's win though Amishman Oct 2020 #30

Checking my Xanax prescription... MineralMan Oct 2020 #31

On a razor's edge 24/7 DeeNice Oct 2020 #32

From the cover of the August 1970 National Lampoon: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #33

I'm afraid but optimistic also angry Green Line Oct 2020 #35

Dreaming about the most fantastic inauguration I've ever seen. MyNameGoesHere Oct 2020 #39

Meh, I've been better. Dagstead Bumwood Oct 2020 #40

Every day, I'm becoming calmer than the day before. LanternWaste Oct 2020 #41