I do feel my bile rise every time they cut to Kavanaugh.

I mentally overlay a thought bubble that says "I like beer" every time I see him.

I couldn't get to sleep until 4ish, then I was awakened by cat puking around 6ish and again by a jackhammer at 8. I did watch all the way up to the Biden family entering the WH but I spent the rest of the afternoon napping to fend off a migraine. I've at least kept it from getting worse. If you see me puttering around the internets late tonight, give me a nudge to go to bed. I suspect tomorrow will have a soundtrack of heavy machinery and back up beeps like today has.

I just got a call from the store I ordered from most recently -- they're calling all the customers who've picked up in the last few days in search of a scanner that went missing in, presumably, one of our trunks. I said I'd check the next time I was down at the car but that my trunk is pretty empty, so I probably would've noticed. Poor person who was last responsible for the scanner.

I ordered from Nando's.

starchy, potato-based comfort foods shall be my reward.

Tater tots! You should have tater tots.

So exhausted y’all, but so glad to be on the other side of this. I’m not even sure how to unclench my shoulders anymore but I’m working on it.

Tater tots!

Oooh. Now there's an idea.

I don't think I let my breath all the way out until the Bidens actually walked up the steps and inside the WH and the door closed behind them.

A good start: [link]

In honor of the occasion I opted to order Greek takeout tonight (the birthplace of democracy, donchaknow!): mixed grill kabobs and Turkish coffee. If the latter had as much caffeine as it seems I may fall asleep sometime around the weekend.

Ugh the store is apparently a shitshow, which is why half my stuff was out—they seem to be renovating or having a huge plumbing issue or something—half the middle of the store floor is plywood and all the aisles are moved and scrunched together so that there’s a few empty ones in the middle, and there’s a ton of stuff in one aisle on clearance...and novody is picking up the line for the grocery pickup. Thumbs down.

Miserable shopping experience, meara.

I don't think I let my breath all the way out until the Bidens actually walked up the steps and inside the WH and the door closed behind them.

I did not either. Still a little clenched.

I realized yesterday when I was doing the Buffistas-but-on-Facebook poll for the puppy dog Ghost (in the Snow)'s net name that my Facebook is full of too many people that I don't trust or want to share stuff the way I am comfortable doing here. Thankfully I only cross-posted the dog stuff and not the medical stuff. I need to cull my page. Invisible internet peeps who likely will not axe murder me are good. People who believed in Q-Anon, not so much, even if we share family.

I'm feeling really tired. Kind of like 4+ years of tension have started to ease and the muscles involved are saying, "we're done for now, thanks."

Yeah, I crashed hard during Peanut's quiet time. I'm hoping to get back to a more even keel by Friday (I'm giving myself an extra day, Just Because).