The number "4" represents the number of days until the presidential election. I feel like there should be all sorts of profound and philosophical things I can say. There are not. I voted early, with my sister. Most of my kids have voted. One of them just arrived in Maine, where he is a resident, so he can vote there. My husband plans to vote in person on election day. I have always done that too. Well, except when we voted absentee when we were posted overseas.
The sentiment among like minded (Democrats) people is that this is the most important election of our lives. It feels like it. It feels like the world has gone crazy. People are stressed by the pandemic. Some are saying it's not a big deal. Some are refusing to wear a mask. Some are staying home almost all of the time. We are practicing "social distancing" something I had never really heard of before March of this year.
I miss my friends. I miss my family. I miss "normal"- which can be something as simple as going to the store and walking up and down the aisles. I am scared, maybe terrified, that I or someone I love is going to get sick.
We are not handing out candy for Halloween this year. We are not having Thanksgiving or Christmas with loved ones this year.
I amazed not sure what we considered "normal" before the pandemic. I cannot imagine we will ever get back to that normal but eventually there will be a new normal. The new normal will be the end of social distancing and wearing masks. I hope.
Our empty holiday table this year
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Washington Post October 30, 2020
Live updates: U.S. tops 9 million cases amid surges in every swing state
The total number of infections reported nationwide since February is virtually guaranteed to reach 9 million on Friday, just 15 days after the tally hit 8 million. At least 228,000 deaths have been linked to the coronavirus.
Oct. 30, 2020 at 2:50 p.m. EDT
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