A pause that refreshed me after our ecstatic win - I calmly got to blow off an Ignoramus [View all]

[Mira]

As I do I went to the Y a couple of hours ago, it's within walking distance. I took reading material, and sat in the Hot Tub.
3 others in the water with me, a young man about 30, and a pasty white man about 65 along with what looked like maybe his wife.

The older man swished up and down in the water, looked at me and said ." I have to wash off the awful election."
"Say what?"
I made him repeat it.

"OK" I said "I'll enjoy it for both of us, I'm deliriously happy about how it came out."

Now here comes the part that is completely out of character for me since I can be quite belligerent and preachy.
Let me call it the pause in the work of the last few weeks that refreshes.
And it took only about a minute and left me very unruffled.

"Yeah, just wait and see what shape we'll be in when we've given all our money away". - "I'm waiting,I'm sure I'll see, but isn't it wonderful it's over".

"You won't be so glad when you're paying 5 dollars a gallon for gas" - "Probably not, but it's still only half of what they pay in Europe. Like I said, I'm so glad the election is behind us."

"We have the most oil in the world, don't you realize that, and we are being denied it" - "Oh yes I know we have lots of it, I just don't want to tear up our country side to get it out. Aren't we lucky this election is all over now?"

"Denying the pipe line was the dumbest thing to do, it's just a criminal way to run the country" -"Well, I for one don't want it going through our parks and yards - but haven't you heard me, I'm so glad the election is finished.
I don't want to talk about it, it's history. I am just wanting to be quietly happy and celebrate."

Just the two of us, the others stared.
I went on reading and he was quiet, but he no longer swished up and down in the water.