7 Quick Takes: Post-Election Blues Edition

For my very first seven quick-takes, I can't help but concentrate on my post-election blues:

1.  At 10 p.m. on Election Night I showed an unordinary amount of prudence on my part and shut the computer down and went to bed. I could see that Virginia and Florida were going to the President and realized I would better serve myself and my family if I was grumpy and well-rested the next day, rather than grumpy and exhausted.
2. This prudence sadly did not extend to my (over)usage of Facebook the next day. I'm not sure how Facebook makes me feel, and many of us act, like a teenager, but I definitely saw a range of emotions on Wednesday. Which led me to
3. Thursday, when I took a break from interacting on social media -- a mental health day. I needed to do it so I could mourn and move on with my life.
4. Because I couldn't take out this mourning through Facebook interactions, I took a run to the grocery store. Normally, I'm chiding my husband for his unhealthy purchases. Want to know what I bought? Paper towels (so far so good), pumpkin (neutral), icecream (it was low-fat!), icecream bars...., fudge sauce (for my husband), and chocolate chips. Yup, thats all.
5. Today, I woke up not thinking about the election! However, thats because I had to have several cavities filled...yup, several. I had really great teeth before I got pregnant. In fact, I only had one cavity in my whole life. Now suddenly I have three. Thank you cavities for the distraction!
6. I'm now in a good enough mood to write this post with some lightness. I'm glad that I was raised to be political and I continue to be political as an adult. Its a sad country where all of its citizens are apathetic. So while some might have said (particularly if their candidate won) to "get over it already," I think it is right to feel saddened and disappointed when referendums or candidates won that I believe will do damage to our country and to human lives.
7. However, after a few days of this, I am ready to focus on the fact that politics save no one at all. Even if Romney (who I certainly don't hero-worship) had won, we'd still have many issues. My hope is not in who won 2012 or will win 2016. This is why we pray each day as a family, why I go to Mass every Sunday and not a political rally.

Okay, if you're sick of politics and you regret ever ending up on my newly founded blog, make your way back for other 7 Quick Takes.