I know that our GOP "friends" have opened investigations with far less evidence.

I want an investigation, but I doubt it'll happen. I don't trust the FBI to make a sandwich at this point.

I wouldn't even consider overriding the Electoral College for anything less than Trump. He's the kind of madman the College is Constitutionally intended to prevent taking power.

Lots of ~ma and virtual hugs to everyone. I'm staying away from news and mostly managing to stay off social media. I did catch part of Obama's Veteran's Day speech, and almost cried.

Ironically, the Cymbalta seems to be kicking in, and I'm actually feeling better the last couple days. I'm thankful for it. Non-medicated me could not have handled this.

I am in a weirdly good mood this morning. Probably because I upped my Prozac (my prescription was for two a day, but my doc wanted me to start with one a day to check for side effects or whatever, and I was doing so well on that dose I never upped it. She also had me taking it in the morning, while the pharmacist said it might be better to take it at night, so last night I took one to see if that was better and this morning I took another one more or less out of habit but also to try the higher dose) but also had a couple of nice interactions with humans before work. I went to Starbucks and my barista complimented my safety pin and lamented that she didn't have one, so I gave her an extra I had pinned to my bag. And when I was parking I had to wait for a truck to pull through to the loading docks and I noticed he was turning too sharply and heading for the parking lot, so I waved him over in the right direction and he was all smiling and waving thanks, so that felt like a good deed.

Yay, -t.

Good luck, Suzi!

Thanks for checking in about your dad, msbelle -- I kept wondering how his surgery had gone at the wrong moments.

Holy shit, y'all! I just found out that a friend of mine in NYC dated Trump decades ago. She is terrified by the prospect of him being President—unsurprisingly, he had a monstrous ego and was a complete asshole way back then.

Holy shit!

For my part, I took a long walk and had lunch at a diner and am feeling much more together now after making myself cry this morning. I just knew the walk would do me right. I used to take a lot more long walks, but seeing my father at lunchtime on the weekends really fucks up my whole day, because 11 is about when I want to get going for the day. I realize there is plenty of time for stuff afterward, but then it's too easy not to get back out.

Strength for you getting through your dad's recovery, msbelle. And ~ma for him, of course.

Oh! And! My local PBS is showing the GBBO Master Class episodes! The last one is on now, but I watched half of another one at the diner.

~ma to Suzi and msbelle's dad.

-t, what's with the safety pin? Someone else mentioned it but I failed to get the memo, evidently.

I texted you because I was concerned, but I don't know if it went through.

I never got it, sj. I'm sorry I worried you, and I'm sorry I didn't text first. Because of post-election drama and other stuff, I never left my house until after 6.

Healing~ma for your dad, msbelle, and sanity~ma for your mom.

No problem, Maria. I knew you were upset and I was just worried about you driving because that's what I do.

Glad you're having a good day, -t. That's great.

Okay, I just made my Holy-Shit-Trump-Was-Elected appointment with my OB/GYN. I was actually overdue for my annual checkup anyway.

I'm trying to think of things I need to do. I am not a very street smart person. I am not good at strategy. I knew enough to renew my passport a couple months ago but I didn't do anything more than that (mostly because the obvious thing would have been getting financial resources together and I hardly have any of those). I need to go to the med center right now to try to get the labs my doctor ordered 2 weeks ago. And I should see if I can accelerate any healthcare stuff before that gets yanked away. But what things are people doing personally to try to prepare?

The short answer is it's a pin representing safety, Beverly. Started after Brexit as a sign of solidarity with Muslim immigrants, as I understand it [link]