Dear America

[asphaltcowgrrl]

I apologize on behalf of my entire state for dragging our feet in regard to counting our votes. We're not all drunk at a strip club, promise!

(Sorry, don't mean to get political, but my anxiety has reached a peak I never knew existed and it's all because of my damn state. And my second home, Arizona.)

ETA: One of our ballot questions here was whether or not to add protection for same sex marriages into our constitution and, from last check, it was passing with something like 62% approval. One of my kids pointed out to me last night that we are the first state to add protections of this sort to our constitution. So, we're not all bad. Just... slow AF. :)

Comments

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

Pfft! It is what it is. And from what I can see there are 7 of you who haven't finalized who to cast your electoral college votes for. Also, let me just say, that I've known where my state's votes were going since Regan. In fact, let me tell you how we're going to vote in 2024.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I know, but my stress levels are beyond today, and anything to make me or someone else laugh.

I'm honestly not surprised. I don't think areas change a whole lot (like look at all of the south) and when they do, it's a very slow progression. I'm 99.9% certain how NV will go this election, because I know how it went in 2016. Honestly, I just want it done and finalized so we can move on and stop holding our breath.

On a happy note, my boss did something for one of our contractors and in appreciation, they sent us two large bundt cakes from Nothing Bundt Cakes. One pumpkin spice and one chocolate chocolate chip. Score!

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

Someone on FB just posted from Groundhog's Day "Well it's election day.... Again" and yeah.

In all honesty, I would rather the votes were nice and verified than quick verification followed by court battles, which we know there will be, but maybe they can be less valid court cases.

I will tell you a mom joke"
"You remind me of the man."
"What man?"
"The man with the power."
"What power?"
"The power of hudu."
"Hoodoo?"
"You do."
"Do what?"
"Remind me of the man."
My mom used this a lot.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I saw something like that and laughed.

Oh absolutely on that. Count them, do it right, and it's done when it's done. But seriously, they are already filing lawsuits and requesting recounts.

Hahahaha! I love that! And totally sounds like the kind of thing I'd say to my kids. Thanks for the chuckle!

[haldoor.livejournal.com]

Jeeze, it's painful from here, I hate to think what it's like from your position. Thankfully our election (much smaller since NZ is only state-size) went much smoother and we have a complete Labour government (left-leaning) without it having to be a coalition! I'm sending all the vibes your way that it will all be counted soon, no matter what the Orange Menace does next.

And my joke for you is this:

Q. What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming? A. Here come the elephants.

Q. What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming wearing sunglasses? A. Nothing, he didn't recognise them.

Q. Why do elephants paint their balls orange? A. So they can hide in orange trees.

Q. Why did Tarzan die? A. He tried to pick the oranges.

Hope that made you smile at the very least!

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

While we never have definite totals on election day, it generally doesn't drag out like this either. But, with the pandemic, I think a lot more people opted to vote via absentee ballot and that's slowing things down. Thank you, I do appreciate that!

HAHAHAHA! I love it. Thank you!

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

Daisy sends you sloppy kisses.

I'm trying not to think about it.

Can't think of anything funny, except, "It's killing me, Smalls."

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

*non-partisan squishes*

Give her an extra treat for me. :)

Same here, but I have friends from all over emailing/messaging asking Nevada to hurry it the hell up. LOL!

It's all good. Your comment on my chapter had me rolling, so you've done your job today.

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

At least, I did something right today...lol

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Aw, I know you do a lot of things right every day. I know, Violet talked to the pups and the kitties. :)

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

I was wondering who Daisy was talking to in her sleep.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Well, Violet did say she was going to practice her astral projection so...

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

In that case, she needs to listen to Daisy's wise counsel.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

She won't listen to me or Nayla, so maybe she'll listen to Daisy? We can hope. :D

[thatwasjustadream (from livejournal.com)]

Ugh. It's torturous, isn't it? I've been doing my best to only get the top line details, and from the web. I physically can't watch the news coverage - too stressful.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I gave up actually watching the news when I was pregnant with Taylor nearly 21 years ago. It would make me physically ill. So, I've had the Washington Post's home page up. It's easier that way. I can see the updated numbers and breaking news stories and choose what I want to look at.

*hugs* Take care of yourself!

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

This was supposed to be posted days ago...

No worries... we're apparently dragging our feet too. But we're currently BLUE!

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

It's all good, life is crazy these days.

At least I can understand in your situation. Last time I looked, there were leas than 2k ballots separating the two. And you were red before, but we were blue in 2016. LOL But YAY GEORGIA!

[shanachie-quill.livejournal.com]

Life is super crazy.

Yay Georgia who's currently recounting. We have a winner and someone who won't give up.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it is.

At least I get Georgia doing a recount, it was way too close down there. But seriously... 309 to 214? GIVE. UP. LOL