What are you doing on election day night?

[bears]

Anyone have plans for election night during this pandemic hellscape year? I cannot spend all night drinking wine and checking out the NYT probability arrow.

My current thought is to stock up on flour and chocolate chips, then go to town with baking.

[moandjo]

I’m traveling for work and am strangely thankful for a 12 hour shift Tuesday. Takeout, gin and tonic and bed.

[taratru]

I just realized I'm working my booze delivery job. Should be interesting.

[Velar Fricative]

Chips and guacamole are my go-to snack for election night. But that seems insufficient for this year.

I will likely watch ABC for coverage because I love David Muir. But sitting on my couch watching TV and NYT’s needle of death is basically what I’ll be doing. Oh, and posting here of course.

[spinnaker5]

Figuring out a really good, long movie to stream because I still have PTSD from 2016 and have absolutely no desire to watch the returns live. 

[fernweh]

I have to be to work at 430 the next morning so I will probably be in bed before the polls close.

[Velar Fricative]

Oct 25, 2020 19:47:46 GMT -5 taratru said:

I just realized I'm working my booze delivery job. Should be interesting.

I think you are going to be very busy.

[taratru]

Oct 25, 2020 19:50:41 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Oct 25, 2020 19:47:46 GMT -5 taratru said:

I just realized I'm working my booze delivery job. Should be interesting.

I think you are going to be very busy.

As long as tips are good, I'm fine with that.

[rubytue]

My usual election night plan is to watch Wag the Dog before turning on return. I’m still bitter in 2016 when my HS friend was in town and he conv8nced me to go out. We bounced between a few bars, and while they had the returns on, I didn’t fully grasp what was happening until I got in my car about 11pm and NPR came on.

[erbear]

I don’t even know. I went to a party last time and it was so depressing. I can’t do that again. I’m going to stay home and watch the returns and panic.

[Nonny]

I have physical therapy in the early afternoon, and then I'll probably go grocery shopping, pick up a take-n-bake pizza, and then pop the CBD/THC pills I take to keep my nerves from getting wrecked on the 4th of July due to fireworks.

This is basically the same as I did 4 years ago, except that night I was jolly and drinking and thinking HRC was going to win for the first several hours, before I started panic texting with a friend about Florida and going to bed in despair.

I'm hoping this year is nothing like that.

[isabel]

Baking sounds like a good idea to keep me occupied. I should look for ideas and find something complicated to make on Tuesday night. I cannot spend the evening in front of the tv.

I would say that I'll just work late, but the proposal I have due next week is due at 5pm MT on Tuesday, so I won't really have anything pressing to work on.

[NewOrleans]

Ambien 🙃

[RoxMonster]

I’m sad we won’t be able to have a big election night party with the local Dems like in 2018. DH and I are Probably just watching the returns come in together with some alcohol, hopefully some celebratory happy alcohol.

[mala]

I'm working all day, so probably falling asleep at 8. Either that or crying.

[eddy]

Oct 25, 2020 20:12:59 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

Ambien 🙃

I don’t have a prescription but I have considered asking my friend for one.  

I would prefer to just knock myself out.

All I know in 2016 I did wine and the whole bit. Realizing what was happening while buzzed was horrible. And then not being able to sleep and welcoming the hangover in real time was even worse.  I will be stone cold sober this year.  Hopefully I can celebrate on Wed!!

[Patsy Baloney]

Same thing I did last time but probably take the sleeping pill earlier and hope that I don’t wake up at 3am to a horror show.

Since it appears lots of states are going to be slower to report than usual, I’m hopeful I will just be cool and chill and not need to be talked off the roof at any point.

[msmerymac]

We ordered Mexican last time (“in honor of the wall that won’t be built when Hillary is president!” I said), and I cried on the couch. Anyway, since it’s a work day/weeknight I’ll do what I do every weeknight and just vedge on the couch after working (from home).

[msmerymac]

Oct 25, 2020 20:17:37 GMT -5 Patsy Baloney said:

Same thing I did last time but probably take the sleeping pill earlier and hope that I don’t wake up at 3am to a horror show.

Since it appears lots of states are going to be slower to report than usual, I’m hopeful I will just be cool and chill and not need to be talked off the roof at any point.

I just saw a friend for an outdoor dinner last night. She was living in Chicago, but her parents lived in PA (she grew up on the NJ side of philly) and I woke up at 2 am to see her text about being so surprised and disappointed in PA. We were reminiscing about that when she asked if I think PA will go blue this year.

[Roc A Bee]

I’ll watch MSNBC because I love Rachel and Kornacki. I’m sure all I’ll be checking in here and eating and drinking. I’m on the west coast, so info comes earlier.

[wanderingback]

In 2016 I was alone and same this year.
I’m a poll worker so guess I’ll get home around 10pm.
I’ll try to stick to my usual bedtime but we’ll see how things go.

[isabel]

Ok, yep, I'm going to get a head start on holiday baking. I'll do a double batch of kadeh on the 3rd so it's in the freezer and ready to go.

[tessalb]

I’m going to bake bread that night - Finnish nisu.

[NewOrleans]

Oct 25, 2020 20:17:21 GMT -5 eddy said:

Oct 25, 2020 20:12:59 GMT -5 NewOrleans said:

Ambien 🙃

I don’t have a prescription but I have considered asking my friend for one.  

I would prefer to just knock myself out.

All I know in 2016 I did wine and the whole bit. Realizing what was happening while buzzed was horrible. And then not being able to sleep and welcoming the hangover in real time was even worse.  I will be stone cold sober this year.  Hopefully I can celebrate on Wed!!

I knew, KNEW, DT was going to win back then. I remember harpy made a post here that was titled “I’m so happy!” all about how we would have our first female POTUS and stuff, and people were trying to add me to Pantsuit Nation FB groups, and someone here posted that interactive electoral map where you can see if they get this state, they don’t need this one, etc.  I just knew.  So I drank myself stupid from 4-6:30.  I went upstairs and passed out by 8. Woke up in the morning just knowing and checking the board here.  So I’ll do the same this year.  I might add the alcohol to the Ambien because everything is terrible. 

[atarianna]

I was planning on drinking but I may get a Xanax or sleeping pill instead and try to just ignore everything. It was gut wrenching in 2016 and I honestly fear for our country and world if that MFer gets re-elected. My mom has had a really, really hard year and I don’t know if she would survive his re-election.

[notsopicky]

I think I might drink. I haven't had a drink in 6 months, not because I meant or needed to stop, I just did, so this is a big deal, lol.

I remember EXACTLY where I was on Election Night in 2016--I was in the master BR and the TV was tuned to CNN. They had just called Indiana for Trump and as I was standing right in front of the TV, I said out loud, "Jesus Christ, he's going to win." And lo and behold, he did. Even though it was Indiana, and I knew in my brain that Pence was from Indiana, and that Trump would take Indiana, I knew from that second HRC had lost.

[babsbunny]

Probably the same as 2016... normal Tuesday night, then half watching various news and internet sites, texting with SIL and MIL that we cannot believe DT is going to win, and finally doing a shot out of pure sadness around 1 am eastern.

Actually, I do not know what we should do, but I already requested time off the next day so I can stay up late. Lol, I do not need a plan to vote (since I already voted) but it does appear that I need a plan for election night.

[sofamonkey]

I work until 9, thankfully. We will see if I can make it until midnight for decent results. With so much early voting everywhere, I’m hopeful. But otherwise, I think we’ll watch something else while I check my phone, and go to bed by midnight.

[Susie]

I'm not sure.  I just early voted today (yay!), and was just thinking about how weird the Election Day ritual will feel without ... voting.  At least that day.  I'll need to make some new traditions.

[rubytue]

All these people baking might inspire me.

Also, I have one Xanax left. I have been saving it. I tried to get a refill, and told my PCP I was down to one I was aging for nov 3. She changed my meds and wouldn’t refill, even though it’s been 18 months since my last.