I’ve made plans to do a lot of things recently. I planned to participate in NaNoWriMo, I planned to blog more because for once, I actually felt like I had something to say, I planned to do my homework on time and write a paper or two early, I planned to close my mouth and not get into any arguments about politics.

But then I got sick and had blood drawn and peed in a few cups and had some x-rays and a CT scan and suffered for 7 hours in the emergency room only to be told that they didn’t want to think about what could possibly be wrong with me anymore because it confused them too much, and I decided I really didn’t want to do anything but lay around and take painkillers and watch television.

(I did, however, manage to not get into very many arguments about politics … until today, when I was harassed first at a lab where I was having more bloodwork done and later at a bookstore where people didn’t like it much when I told them I had not voted for their candidate – they would’ve liked it even less if I hadn’t held myself back and told them that under no circumstances could I imagine myself ever willingly voting for their candidate. Anyway, I did finally get into the bookstore and bought “And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks“, which I am super excited to read and only found out about because my brother drive-by commented with a link to an article about it. Thanks brother!)

I decided I wasn’t going to be sick anymore on Sunday. That’s how it works, right? You decide to be healthy, snap your fingers or twitch your nose or something and then you’re healthy. Right? I thought so. So I decided and I’m going to write a novel this month if I can think of 7,000 words to make up for the time I’ve lost and I might blog more.

And I’m not going to argue with anyone else about politics today even if they try to change my mind even though I voted two weeks ago, West Virginia, please shut up.

I will be waiting impatiently until the election results come in, and I will be hoping and praying with the television on mute that America doesn’t screw it up.