John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Election Day

A momentous occasion. Historic even.

Today…. is Election Day.

And Election Day will be followed by Wednesday….and, if all goes as planned, followed by Thursday. Short of cataclysmic fallout on Tuesday night, Thursday more than likely will be followed by Friday. And then we will probably see something resembling what we used to call “the weekend.” …

And then Monday. And we’ll return to tilling our individual gardens.

And so on.

I’m guessing this will be how it play out anyway.

In anticipation of this overblown occasion, I sent this message to a friend this morning who is a great person and someone who I like and admire a lot –and who, coincidentally, is working hard to elect political candidates with different views from the ones I support.

“Let’s get something down for late next week or the following week…..Mid morning on Thur or Fri are best for me. Will be a wild and wooly week for sure! But when it’s all over, the votes are counted, and the dust settles, people will still need to drink caffeine together. That much I know…. ; )”

There’s not much else I know about the next week or two. But I do know that.

And it’s more important to know that than we probably think. I guess what I’m trying to say is that this  is a “big” week.

But not because we will have chosen as a country the president and vice-president for the next four years. But because we will return focus to our daily lives.

Where we have the most impact. And where we actually live.