Your election night+ plan

[Pom]

We’ve got champagne, tons of weed, a cookie butter chocolate bar.

We can celebrate or medicate during any wait.

Anyone having watch parties?

In 2020, we were driving from Michigan to Texas after election night. We got to my niece's house in Dallas just in time to get drunk on mimosas and celebrate. I pray this doesn’t drag out until weekend brunch.

[erbear]

I want to do something fun but realistically I’m going to be obsessively watching returns and trying not to drink too much.

[underwaterrhymes]

We will most definitely have weed and wine. I have a bottle of champagne in the fridge that we will open when we hopefully know she’s won.

[sequins]

I will be obsessively refreshing all news sites. We saved some Diwali sweets to open once the race is called for Kamala.

[mrsslocombe]

We’re trying to figure out the most potent comfort watch to put on while I eat however many edibles it takes to be too out of it to check the results.

I just want to skip tomorrow night and wake up to whatever the news is.

[Velar Fricative]

No booze or weed for me, I don’t do either. So I guess I’ll gorge on Halloween candy.

Election night used to be nachos night but without knowing the results right away, I feel like I’d just have to keep eating nachos for a week until we know the results lol. So, nothing special for tomorrow except watching Kornacki’s maps.

[neverfstop]

I'm flying home with the family tomorrow & will hopefully be home by the time the first polls close. I have to unpack & re-group since I'm flying back out for work on Wednesday night - Friday night I'll be traveling with a coworker and then some international clients on Thursday & Friday....I hope it doesn't get awkward.

[UMaineTeach]

Getting the tissues ready. There will be crying either way.

I don’t dare to do anything special. I’ll watch returns and commentary and hope Wednesday goes well.

[jinkies]

Yeah no thanks on watching the returns. I can't handle the prolonged stress. I need to check out until Wednesday morning. I'll probably go for a long walk and then binge Brooklyn 99 or something.

[EvieEthelGarland]

I am feeling freaked out so I might go to yin yoga. My Hatha class today was the most zen class I've ever taken--we're all needing it.

If not that, I'm going to take a gummy and eat the rest of the holloween candy.

[lilypad1126]

We’ll be watching tv with plenty of cocktails and weed at hand. I just made H write down a list for what to get at the liquor store tomorrow 🤣


ETA by watching tv I mean watching msnbc while holding our breath. 

[RoxMonster]

I’ve always been an election/politics nerd and I told H I refuse to let this asshole completely ruin it for me. So we’re doing a bunch of apps + homemade cocktails and watching returns come in. Hopefully in a celebratory mood….

[sonrisa]

I’m driving to Sf or Berkeley or Oakland to celebrate when she wins.

There was a trump caravan driving the Golden Gate Bridge Saturday just chocked full of noisy assholes.

Next it’s my turn.

[gretchenindisguise]

I have one, maybe two friends coming over. We are doing a snacky/charcuterie smorgasbord. I don't anticipate we will know results, but will have something chilling in the fridge.

[pixy0stix]

A little weed and a lot of anxiety for me. I've got to go into the office on Wednesday so I probably won't stay up too late.

[heygrey]

I have a single pie crust in the freezer and apples that need to be used up, so I’m going to make an apple pie with a crumble top. I’ll stress bake so I can eat my feelings.

I have my favourite n/a beer in the fridge, but I’ll be stone cold sober for all of this.

I will be glued to all the screens watching results. Hopefully I can find a stream available on YouTube? We don’t have American channels. I remember finding a stream for the 2020 election. I’ll bust out the laptop so I can flip between websites while posting here.

[katfco]

I have to work the next day, so sadly I have few plans.

@@ my kids are hoping to stay home on Wednesday and either celebrate or mourn. We'll see.

[turkturkleton]

Poll start to close around noon on Wednesday here, so I'll spend the afternoon binging coverage and stress-eating cake. In the evening I'm going to see Hamilton. I won the tickets in a lottery, which I'm taking as a positive sign.

[pugz]

was invited to a big party hosted by our US house rep but too nervous to be around other people to watch the local results roll in.

[Roc A Bee]

I’ll be watching at home. I already feel weepy at the idea of Kamala’s win, so I’m sure I’ll be a mess.

If I need to, I’ll call in on Wednesday.

[penguingrrl]

I have no plan. I think my anxiety can’t handle it, so I plan to binge Gilmore Girls because that’s like wearing comfy jeans and ignore the returns until we have solid news. Life was much easier election week 2020 because it was a super busy week at work and I could focus on that. I wish I was still working so I had something to focus on. Instead I’ll be home functionally alone and too anxious to watch.

@@@ H and our oldest are out of state while the oldest is treated for something at CHOP. I’m home alone with the two younger kids, who are both autistic, so they can’t stay up late and be out of routine. And I have to be up at 6:30 Wednesday to get them both ready for school.

[loira]

I will be trying and failing to ignore the whole thing (my approach to the US in general). My H was invited to the local Democrats abroad event but doesn't want to go because if things go badly he'd rather be depressed alone than in a crowded pub.

[beerlover]

Sitting on my couch, flipping back and forth between MSNBC and CNN, obsessively checking here and X.

I don't usually drink on school nights but may need to break that rule.

[noodleoo]

I almost bought champagne in 2016 but I was afraid to jinx it, and I’m very glad I didn’t. 😔

I’m guessing we won’t know until super late tomorrow at the earliest, so no special plans other than anxiously watching the results come in until we give up and go to bed.

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I am thinking of picking up a bottle of sparkling cider tomorrow for the family. If we elect our first female president, I want to toast with my 2 girls.

[rubytue]

My tradition had been to watch Wag The Dog while refreshing my browser. I’m currently debating if I want to do that this year, as who knows where my DVDs are, and I’d have to pay to rent it on Amazon. Plus, it feels so traditional normal.

Invited a friend over, but they have DnD. And apparently their crew I going to play through the return. H goes to bed early and I really want to be with someone when it happens. And it will happen! We are going to do this!!!!!

(Note, I’ve spent weeks with all the dismal stuff, I’ve moved on to positive and not even wanting to hear all the shinanigans).

[aurora]

Obsessively refreshing the news and occasionally posting here?

We may go to our local pub without TVs for a bit just to distract ourselves while we wait for results to start coming in. Had discussed going to the further one where we had watched Obama win in 2008 but didn't think I can handle the emotional swing.

[lostrn]

I restocked my liquor today. And I took Wednesday off. No idea what we will be doing but I'm ready lol.

[heygrey]

Nov 4, 2024 22:09:51 GMT -5 loira said:

I will be trying and failing to ignore the whole thing (my approach to the US in general). My H was invited to the local Democrats abroad event but doesn't want to go because if things go badly he'd rather be depressed alone than in a crowded pub.

I keep getting invites to events in cities several hours away. There is an unofficial Dems Abroad party here, but I don't want to be with people I don't know when I could be on my couch in sweatpants. 

[krystee]

We leave at 3:15 am on Wednesday for the airport, so I am going to be needing an early and decisive Kamala win on Tuesday night (particularly because we’re flying into Florida for a day before going on to the rest of our trip). I can’t be drinking my feelings with a middle of the night wake up, so I am going to need voters to cooperate and save me from an all-nighter.

[glitzy07]

No family commitments for the evening so I’ll be drinking the 10mg seltzer I bought and commiserating with my sister while watching returns until I can’t handle it anymore. I have to work Wednesday and I’m dreading it. I vividly remember not knowing last time until Saturday…