Thankgod I'm old

[susandennis]

I have now lived through the decades of damage caused by the Regan administration. I am, after last night's debate and this morning's Supreme Court decisions, assured that we are well and truly fucked in this country. There is an outside chance I could live another decade or more but it will be in this cocoon of a cult where I can, fairly easily, ostrich out most of the worst, I hope. I am grateful that I have no children or grandchildren who will have to suffer through the coming years of horrible governing.

I did not watch the debate last night. It's not like I have a choice of who to vote for anyway. But, as I was changing channels, I heard Biden speaking for 30 seconds and OMG. What a shit show. I remember so well being frightened and afraid of what will happen to us in the 60's and then with Regan. I'm done worrying. I'm just disgusted.

Ok enough of that. I'm here at the cult in my cocoon and all is well. I slept like the dead last night and slept later than I have in ages. I scored 96 on my bed's sleep scale. I'm pretty sure that's my personal best.

I skipped swimming for no good reason but I'm not yet dressed so I could still go. Maybe. Maybe not. I might just stay here and do house hold chores. I need to strip my bed completely and wash everything and today might be a good day for that. And the kitchen island is cluttered once again. I hate that. I need to find a place for everything and keep it clear. It's the first thing you see when you come in and having it completely clear gives me such a better feeling than having it cluttered.

Julio is whining about something. More breakfast? Yep, turns out that was it.

Ok. I think I'll get dressed and get to the chores.

Comments

[bill_schubert]

I had a response to your entry. And deleted it. There will be a lot of that.

[susandennis]

yeah. I understand. I started to write nothing and then changed my mind.

This too will pass but I will pass long before it does.

[arlie]

I was still living in Canada during the reign of Ronnie RayGun. (That's what most of those I knew called him.) This subtracted from the sense of immediacy, and gave opportunity for the classic Canadian reaction of feeling superior to those uncouth fools to the south of us. So I don't have the same memories of being afraid that you have.

But I find that a sense of history really helps keep current lunacy in perspective. Today's lunacy can have horrific effects, as always, but people have so far collectively survived and muddled through whatever nastiness then-current lunacy produced. Moreover, those who died prematurely because of that century's lunacy would have been just as dead a hundred years later, with or without their possibly horrific fate.

[sherlockishere]

Susan, I couldn't watch the debate either. Or well-- I guess I did literally have the TV on, but I was so anxious about it that I had the sound completely off. Every time I looked at the TV, it was perfectly clear that Trump was being an asshole, and Biden was being, well, ill. I might be wrong, but he looks like he has Parkinson's Disease. The lack of facial expression, the lack of upper body movement when he walks, the changes in his voice.

I do have children (and soon to be grandchildren) in this world, and it's just getting too painful to watch, this overall political situation. I don't know what the answer is, but maybe the best thing is to keep the sound off.

[desdemonaspace]

I hear you. I didn't watch the debate, either, and I try to stay off the "Organ Grinder of Doom" (YouTube & TikTok.) I did read some headlines. Like you, I'm elderly and have no children.

We are indeed fucked.

[liminaltime]

I didn't watch the debate. It would've been bad for my mental health. I'm scared for my toddler's future.