Five Plus One for Friday, Edition #52

It's almost the weekend!! Let's do this.

1) Election results - Hey, non-American friends? Did you hear about our mid-term election results? Yes, Trump is still in the White House. BUT. We did some good stuff. The Democrats (from here on out, the Good Guys) won control of both houses of the legislature, so that should prevent some shenanigans from the so-called president. The Good Guys also flipped a lot of governor seats (INCLUDING TEXAS, GEORGIA, AND IOWA). I don't think this was a referendum on how awesome the candidates were for the Good Guys, although there were some very awesome candidates, but more of a referendum on how pissed off people are at the Bad Guys, particularly Trump.

However, my cynical take on the election did not stop me from crying when I woke up last Wednesday to hear that so many people voted - the second-highest turnout rate in a midterm year since 1914, exceeded only by the 2018 midterms AND that the polls finally, finally showed that people are unhappy with the fascistic trends in this country.

Let's hope this is just the beginning of turning this ship around. I know you have no reason to trust us, rest of the world, but I hope you will stick with us. 

2) NaBloPoMo - Who here is LOVING NaBloPoMo? I mean, yes, my posts for this project are absolute nonsense, but who doesn't want to hear about how tired I am or how often we drive to Iowa? If you have feedback about these posts, feel free to put it in the comments on this post, but I have to admit there are more than twenty left to go, so if you feel negatively about them (I GET IT), feel free to just ignore my blog until 2027. 

But beyond that! There are so many cool things happening and cool bloggers participating. Go see the list over at San's place. 

3) Zelda and her ears - In recent months, Zelda's appetite had whittled down to very little. Her weight started going down - not a crazy amount, but a quarter of a pound over a month here and a quarter of a pound over a month there. I started getting worried, but she's a senior cat and blah blah blah. I purchased her a cat advent calendar at Costco because - this is a direct quote from the middle of an aisle - "I don't know how many more Christmases we're going to get with her." 

She was cuddling with me a couple of weeks ago and went I went to put my knuckle in her ear and give her a good ear scratch, which is something she has historically liked. She DID NOT LIKE IT. She wouldn't even let me touch her ear and may have taken a swipe at me. MY PRECIOUS KITTEH. When I tried to look in her ear, all I saw was black gunk. Uh oh. 

I took her to the vet and she has an ear infection. We have been treating that infection for just over a week and, friends, her appetite is back and I am no longer worried that this will be our last Christmas with her. (How long has she had this ear infection? I don't know and honestly, I feel like a bad kitty friend for not realizing it.)

4) Fun plans - November is amazing. I have so many plans over the weekends. This weekend I'm going to a sewing class and then going to a popcorn crawl downtown. A POPCORN CRAWL. Next weekend I'm going to visit my friends in Michigan. Woot woot! The next weekend is Thanksgiving. I can hardly stand the excitement. I sort of feel like I'm coming out of my skin a little bit. 

5) Bathroom sink - Our upstairs bathroom sink had been draining slowly, then sloowly, then slooowly, and then I suggested to my husband that he call the plumber. The plumber came, complained about the plumbing upstairs (as if we haven't known it was a problem since the day we moved in), and eventually the drain ran clear. We celebrated and I immediately brushed my teeth and washed my face in the sink. But, uh oh? Is that water on my foot? IS THE NEWLY UNBLOCKED SINK NOW LEAKING ALL OVER THE FLOOR?

We called the plumber back. Something, something, something wasn't tightened, blah, blah, blah. 

I think the sink is fixed now. And isn't that truly delightful? 

6) Outlook down - The email at work went down yesterday at noon and still wasn't fixed when I left work. I GOT SO MUCH WORK DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT. I sort of hope it's down all weekend. Oh, it also means that the email connected to this blog isn't working, so if you want to contact me, um...you can email my gmail account? 

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What are you weekend plans? Anyone else doing a popcorn crawl? Do you have a NaBloPoMo post you want to shout out?