I prepared for election day by, of course, voting early by mail–and also ordering Chicago deep dish pizza days in advance. I found out that Lou Malnatti’s ships! So I ordered six pizzas and felt so excited to have deep dish to help me through the vote count agony.
We also made red and blue virgin jello shots and floated some cactus marshmallows in them to represent Arizona’s role in the election–little knowing that just hours later Arizona would swing to Biden!
It was a beautiful day so while the little kids were in preschool Abe and I went to the nearby tennis courts to play tennis. We are getting better, and it was so delightful to play in the warm sunshine. I am still recovering from a UTI, so I didn’t push myself too hard. But even so we were thrilled to discover that we can actually volley longer than we used to.
In the evening Michaelann joined us as we watched the vote counts start. It was so fun to spend such a historic night with such a dear friend. I didn’t have hope that the election would be over in one night, but I had no idea that we were just watching the start of what seemed like a week long process. It was fun/painful to watch different states get called, though!