At last, the election is over and I can get back to normal life again. Honestly, those last few weeks reminded me of late-stage pregnancy: thinking of nothing but that slowly approaching date, the mixture of dread and excitement, the utter inability to focus on anything else… Yes, I am thrilled with the results (except Prop 8 in California) but even if it had god forbid gone the other way I would still, at least, be glad that the damn thing was finally OVER.
It is good to be back here at Bookworm! During my unplanned hiatus I read a grand total of ONE books. Yes, that’s right. I have read ONE book since August 30, the date of my last real post. And I have let all your posts pile up in Google Reader. Instead, I read about fifty million diaries on dailykos, and about a hundred thousand articles apiece on huffpo and fivethirtyeight.com and mudflats and various other assorted lefty liberal blogs. “Pundit” is now right up there with “maverick” on my list of Words I Never Want To Hear Again.
So… I have lots to do now that we have a president-elect. I have blog posts to read, client work to catch up on, a book review to write, and shit, my house and yard are positively sordid.
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Missed you Julie. :) Like you, I’m glad for the result of the election, but MOSTLY I’m just glad the whole damn thing is over. Except for the people who just can’t get over it. Unfortunately, I know a lot of them…
Glad you’re back! God, I’m so relieved that those awful McCain commercials which were so incredibly nasty (and false) about Obama are finally over! It was the cruellest campaign ever, and I don’t ever want to witness something like that again!
Welcome back! Good to see you again! I’m pleased with the election results myself, but have to agree that I’m even more pleased that it’s finally over. Finally the phone has stopped ringing with automated voices telling me why I shouldn’t vote for that other guy because he’s no good, and my mailbox has stopped filling with the waste of paper telling me (yet again) why I shouldn’t vote for that other guy because he’s no good. ;-)
I’m also glad you’re back, thrilled with the election results (except for the need for a recount in MN – I have and Al Franken yard sign, probably the oonly one in the country!) but I kind of miss it. I love a good election! Good luck with your catching up.
Glad you’re posting again..I was quiet for a while myself. Sometimes it’s good to take a break!
I’m really happy about the outcome of the election too!
Howdy! I was wondering about you… Glad to see you are back and reviewing books. :)
Glad it’s over, you bet. But the country, in fact the whole world looks better now than it did before all the campaigning started.