I had probably the best night’s sleep since leaving the hospital last night. I woke up once for a quick bathroom trip, went right back to sleep, and got up at 8:30 this morning. It’s now 8pm and I could easily head for bed. But I won’t. I’m shooting for 9:30….

Another highlight of the afternoon was that when the doorbell rang, I was able to get up, out of my chair, onto the walker, and to the door to answer it before they gave up and went away. It was a young girl selling popcorn shepherded by her mother. I’ve an order of huckleberry cheesecake popcorn coming on December 10th (no idea why it’s so long from the purchase to the delivery).

Most phone calls are getting a answer / immediate hangup here. The big issue has to do with the schools and some changes the state legislature made a year ago at the behest of the governor and the state superintendent of schools. Enough signatures were gathered to put these up to a vote next Tuesday. The TV airwaves are filled with pro and con advertisements, neither of which tell the whole truth. Lots of phone calls on the same subject. Some of the phone calls are pollsters, most are partisan. I’m thankful for caller id.

Meanwhile, Facebook has become almost unbearable with the partisan rhetoric. Name calling and outright falsehoods are the least of it. A person who I’ve considered a friend for several years posted this on Facebook the other day:

Seriously, if you are planning to vote for Obama, you are an anti-American, ignorant FOOL who can’t pull your head out’ur arse to acknowledge the truth. If the last four years haven’t proven it, then Benghazi-gate definitely should. If you’re too blinded to see Obama for himself, then Valerie Jarret should be all the evidence you need. If none of that convinces you of the EVIL of Obama, then you really need to get out of this country before you’re driven out.

President Obama is not evil. Mitt Romney is not crazy. Neither of them are Satan incarnate. And I’ve unfriended another friend. Please lighten up, folks.

Ta ta for now!