Anxiety

As I write this, the news is suggesting that yesterday's election did not go as I had hoped.  My anxiety has been high today.  Working with another person for a little while helped lesson it for those few hours.  At home, I lost myself in some shows on the TV.  As I search for happy things from today, this is what I have:

• The stars were shining brightly when I left for work.  When I went outside at work while it was still dark, I again looked for a star (they are harder to find when I'm in a lighted parking lot) and found some.  The stars brought me glimmers of joy.
• At work, it was weird how being sarcastic over what is considered a hazardous waste was able to make me laugh.  
• The crocheted thing I've been trying to put together to hold the walkie talkie at work doesn't seem to perform as I had hoped.  I have other ideas now though.  I told a coworker about this and commented how I lost my crochet hook somewhere.  I shouldn't have left it in my vest pocket.  Anyhow, she had seen a crochet hook in the parking lot and went out and got it for me.  That was a very nice thing to do.  

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Currently listening to: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity, by David Graeber & David Wengrow.

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.