All
I can do is express my condolences to all my brown & black-skinned friends,
LGBT, females, immigrants, non-Christians, poor (although they apparently voted
for him), handicapped or otherwise medically challenged people. Our new Supreme
Court justice will make sure corporate America stays in power, regular people
are denied healthcare, nutcases are allowed to carry guns, and discrimination
can reign again. Maybe California should secede, since we obviously are out of
step with the rest of the country.
It
was actually rather humorous leading up to the election, when Trump kept saying
outrageous things, because there was no way this country would elect someone
who said things like that. For example: "A new poll
finds that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a statistical tie just a
week from Election Day. But on the bright side, at least Trump's finally in a
tie that was made in America." –Jimmy Fallon
Back in July, when we
had a party, we really did yuk it up with our Trump piñata, filled with
everything Trump-related – Mostly nuts, but also jerky, Smarties, condoms, fake
money and combs.
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| Four Billion Dollars! |
We thought we were being funny when we used newsprint in Chinese
to make the paper mache Trump head.
Everyone had a great
time bashing the piñata. Little did we know, a Trump presidency was a real
possibility.
But
when it actually happened… Trump took the electoral college numbers needed to
win the election, I was profoundly shocked and surprisingly incapacitated for
several days. I really didn’t realize how sad I’d feel when Trump won the
election. It became apparent fairly early in the evening. I just kept flashing
to the awful things he said over the course of the campaign. And the videos
from rallies, where his supporters are spewing all the white supremacy &
misogyny… almost as bad as the video of the snake on the plane! I tried, but I
just couldn’t sleep. I was worried at first, and now sad. I watched more of the
stuff the next morning, although that wasn’t a great idea. I also ate any and
everything, including a frozen Danish that I dug out and nuked. And blueberry
coffee cake. Obviously with only 3 hours sleep, I did not attempt to go to
aerobics, so physically I was a wreck. Around noon, I really wasn’t feeling
well, and decided to check my blood sugar. Yikes! 325, the highest it has ever
been. (I don't normally check, since it is under control with diet and exercise.) Within the hour it was down to 300, but still no bueno. So I decided to
see how my hospice client was doing, thinking I could stop by there on my way
over to the perc ponds for a little walk. I thought maybe getting moving, and
seeing someone who really has a reason to be depressed (but isn’t!) would help
me get a grip. Great decision. I was drawn to the water that day. It was a
beautiful day, about 80 degrees. I sat by the pond and just tried to
breathe. And when I got home, my blood sugar was 93. Clearly hurting myself isn’t
the answer to this travesty. Things are not looking good for so many - the
poor, the middle class, elderly, immigrants, women, minorities, disabled, non-Christians,
LGBT people. We have an advantage here in California. The disgusting behavior
of many in the Trump camp is simply not tolerated here. If I see someone being harassed
for being different, I will not turn my back. And there are many, many
similarly-minded people. We shall overcome!
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