Three weeks out and the clock ticks slowly, what are you doing to relax?

[RiverStone]

Normally, I have no desire for time to go by quickly --- I far prefer to savor the moment. Many here on DU seem to drift back and forth between optimism and panic, euphoria and paranoia.

OMG, Obama will be our next president! :woohoo:

OMG, what will the pukes do between now and election day to freak people out?! :freak:

It can all be a little...:crazy:

What are you doing to get through the next 3 weeks with relative sanity?

[cliffordu]

1. Do it yourself brain surgery......

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear RiverStone...

I write poetry...

And tonight I got to read some of it at the local coffee house! It went well, and I'm feeling no pain...

:)

[RiverStone]

6. Dear CaliforniaPeggy

And maybe you will treat us with a poem in celebration of an Obama victory on or about the morning of November 5th...

Glad your at peace. :)

[Beregond2]

3. Eating pie. It's the Obama thing to do.

[RiverStone]

9. HA! I almost bought an entire apple pie just for myself last night

Thankfully, a single blueberry muffin intervened!

Of course, the more I eat - the more I (try to) exercise - the better I sleep - the less time I'm awake late at night on DU.

Ummm, I think I need to get that pie after all!

[TooRaLoo]

19. I am baking sweet potato pies on Election Day

so that we can eat them on Election Night, and the next day, and the next day! :)

[Beregond2]

20. That may be the only kind of pie I've never had.

Pretty similar to pumpkin I would think; no?

[TooRaLoo]

22. Yep, pretty similar. But stays so much warmer... :)

Who knows, I might have to make others - my favorite is PEACH!

[Beregond2]

24. I just made a blackberry, and have some awesome peaches ripening.

My absolute favorite is wild huckleberry, but they are very hard to come by.

[Joyce78]

4. I'm just waiting for Election Day here in Ohio ... hoping my Democratic vote

COUNTS!!!

[Connonym]

5. Xanax

because I'm still terrified something will happen

[CoffeeCat]

7. I like to make a little recipe, called "stress relief cake"...

First I take a brownie mix and make it in the microwave. Then, I pour a jar of fudge
on the cooked brownie. Drench in caramel sauce. Then deep fry. When cooled, douse
with whipped cream, a cherry, more fudge, more caramel, marshmallows and 2 cups of
cashews.

Eat with big, wooden spoon.

[RiverStone]

10. That's worth posting a picture of....

Feel like sharing? :P

[rcrush]

11. add some kush to that.

[katandmoon]

8. Cookies, ice cream, chips...fingernails...

[spag68]

12. Getting by

I take the motorcycle out every day and ride down the shore road. Sometimes East to the Robert Moses. Sometimes I go west to Long Beach, but he result is the same after riding for a while the crap slowly flows out of my brain. How about the rain, you might ask. Sometimes with the right gear, it is actually better, requires total attention and bit of brain power I have just to keep the black side down. After a ride like that, a nice hot cup of roobus and a blanket are the real reward.

[Iggo]

13. I look at various electoral maps...

...then I either watch fiction on the TeeVee or I plug in my guit and bother the neighbors.

[pamela]

14. Going Camping/Roadtripping this weekend

We have a camper van/rv and plan to take it to Pa this weekend to Amish Country. I spent last weekend watching the news and getting crazy so we decided to hit the road this weekend. That always keeps me sane. We might do a Skyline Drive trip soon, too and we're looking at taking the whole week of Thanksgiving and going to Savannah. That's after the election, but the planning should keep my brain occupied. I just pray it's a celebratory trip.

[Contrary1]

15. I have pulled up the carpet out of the family room,

and will spend the next few days cleaning, painting, and laying new tile. That is not as much to relax, but to keep myself so busy (and exhausted), I won't spend time worrying about all the money we have lost the last couple weeks.
My husband has foot surgery a week from Friday, and will be home recovering for about 3 weeks. :wow:

My sanity is officially on hiatus. I'll let you know if it ever comes back home.

[AzNick]

16. Donate money to the campaign

Anyway, I can't stress out anymore. It's hard.

[edbermac]

17. RELAX?? Hell, I feel like a 5 year old kid on Christmas Eve!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[TooRaLoo]

18. I cook more.

It keeps me sane while I listen to everything I possibly can. I'm too excited about the election to let a shred of news go by without me...

[slowshooter]

21. Hmmmm.

Hi,

I'm getting ready for the duck hunting opener in my part of California.

Figure that I'll be so tired by election day that I'll be to tuckered out to say 'yippee' when all the republicans get sent to siberia.

Hey, my first post here! Didn't even know this board existed until about 15 minutes ago.

slow

[RiverStone]

23. You found a really cool place!

Welcome to DU! :hi: :kick:

And watch out for Dick Cheney if your hunting!

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. !

:hi:

[texanwitch]

26. I am relaxed right now but I won't be next week.

I will be working early voting at a very busy voting location, we will vote over 20,000 voters.

I am tired already, but happy to be part of history.

I don't know how much sanity I will have in a few weeks.


Wish me well.