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In 2004 I was excited. In 2008 I was anxious, but mostly cynical. I didn't really feel like I had much to lose personally in either of those elections; I knew it was bad when Bush won again, but my own college life went on, and while in 2008 I was directly affected by the incoming depression because I was struggling to get a job, I'd gotten the impression it would still take a very long time for either candidate to do very much about it and it might be hopeless either way for me. But this year I had everything to lose, knowing if he could Romney would get rid of the government program that's keeping me employed plus any other jobs I could get. Hope is a great thing, but it will leave you terrified. It didn't help that I work around Republicans who refused to believe Romney would do such a thing or was trying to suppress votes, forcing me to sit and stew in silence and wonder how such kind and intelligent people could go act like they'd blame me if Romney took my job away from me.
Thankfully disaster for just about everyone in the country has been averted and if four more years of the status quo would not have been my first choice for electoral outcomes, it is, unfortunately, better than the alternative we were presented with. I even enjoyed the last hour or so of election coverage before I went to bed at midnight, once it became clear Obama was going to win Florida and the channels all went out of sync with each other on Ohio and Stewart and Colbert were on to provide a break from the inanity at best of everyone else.
And to top it off, this morning I arrived at the office to the news I've been extended a year. It's a little fuzzier what happens after that, especially as there's a chance my agency may cease to exist in a couple of years, but that's not that likely and even if it happens, it's not impossible I could get assigned to another agency, even as a disability temp. Whether the timing was because of the election or people being on leave and then coming back is anyone's guess, but I don't care; I'm just glad it's done.
Thankfully disaster for just about everyone in the country has been averted and if four more years of the status quo would not have been my first choice for electoral outcomes, it is, unfortunately, better than the alternative we were presented with. I even enjoyed the last hour or so of election coverage before I went to bed at midnight, once it became clear Obama was going to win Florida and the channels all went out of sync with each other on Ohio and Stewart and Colbert were on to provide a break from the inanity at best of everyone else.
And to top it off, this morning I arrived at the office to the news I've been extended a year. It's a little fuzzier what happens after that, especially as there's a chance my agency may cease to exist in a couple of years, but that's not that likely and even if it happens, it's not impossible I could get assigned to another agency, even as a disability temp. Whether the timing was because of the election or people being on leave and then coming back is anyone's guess, but I don't care; I'm just glad it's done.
