Yes, it was either clean all the pens after each voter or give them the pen to keep. It was an unexpected treat. People in line under umbrellas were all sociable and good natured. Masked. One 22 year old was there as a candidate for the state senate. It was nice to talk to him although he isn't my district. Love seeing young people getting involved.

That's all fantastic news, Laura. Nice to read!

We dropped our ballots off at least three weeks ago, and Matt is tracking them. They've at least been accepted; I don't know if there's anything beyond that.

I'm currently waiting for a heretical tuna noodle casserole to come out of the oven. Heretical because we have A Family Recipe handed down from at least Grandma Prior... possibly Great Grandma Garver? In any case, I'm surprised my oven didn't spit it out for its noveau-noodle gall. We'll see how my gut reacts. (It has no condensed soup in it, which is what made me want to try this fancy version. No condensed soup? Madness.)

Getting pretty experimental there, JenP! Hope it comes out good

We gave out pens at my polling place in the primary, but they were just regular old bics, not I Voted pens! That's fun.

I have to do my least favorite thing (one of my least favorite things, anyway, I do have a lot of least favorites) - taking a letter written by a committee that I had no part in and sending it to "my counterpart" at our customers. Do I know what to say about it other than "here, have a letter"? No. Will I be able to answer any questions our customers may have? Also no. And I just read through the letter and it's either very badly written or our policy is very confusing. Sigh. Why they don't just do a mass email from higher up I don't know.

I need to remind myself that when I was looking for this job what I wanted was to be a cog in a corporate machine. I shouldn't complain when that gets amplified, I guess.

I am rebelling a little bit by not saying "please let me know if you have any questions". I don't want to know! I don't have answers!

I am rebelling a little bit by not saying "please let me know if you have any questions". I don't want to know! I don't have answers!

Yea, -t! Damn the Man!

Is there...uncondensed soup in it, or no soup at all??

I am rebelling a little bit by not saying "please let me know if you have any questions". I don't want to know! I don't have answers!

Love that.

So, the casserole is good. I admit I prefer the condensed soup/evaporated milk, heavily buttered and cheesed bread cubes version. What can I say? But this is good, and it has peas and fresh mushrooms, so... vegetables! As it is, I have to GF the original recipe, but I honestly can't tell much difference, so... I'm good on all tuna noodle casserole fronts, I think.

Is there...uncondensed soup in it, or no soup at all??

No soup at all. Milk, mayo, flour (except I use cornstarch slurry, because GF), butter-fried mushrooms, frozen peas make up the guts. Well, plus (rice) noodles. Topping is buttered (GF) bread crumbs. Uh, I added cheese, too.