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I finally got through the last of the election-judge days (primary day itself). My regular precinct was severely understaffed. We had two chief judges, one from each major party, but the Democratic chief judge was dealing with long COVID complications and probably some other health issues -- he huffed and puffed after walking 20 feet. Plus, it was his first time in the role, so he was uncertain about some things. Half the election judges assigned to the precinct failed to show up -- didn't even bother returning the phone calls from the chief judges a week before the primary. What's with that? $200 per day won't make you rich, but it's pretty easy money -- it's hardly picking crops in the field or other hard physical labor. Later in the day we got three fresh trainees -- "fresh" in that they had been trained just that morning, starting at 6 a.m. Somehow we all managed to get through the day.
I tend not to get too attached to candidates before primaries. This year the Democrats had a lot of good gubernatorial hopefuls, and I would have been OK with any of them. Wes Moore ended up winning after enough mail-in ballots were counted. The GOP nominated this fire-breathing Trumpican dude, and I hope his campaign goes down in flames.
I can't believe I have a feature article due on Friday. I feel as if I have so much to do still, and I'm panicking.
Today in history: It's Amelia Earhart's 125th birthday. It's the 53rd anniversary of the splashdown of Apollo 11, completing JFK's goal of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." (My emphasis.) And today David Ortiz was enshrined in Cooperstown. If only the Red Sox could find another good slugger....
I tend not to get too attached to candidates before primaries. This year the Democrats had a lot of good gubernatorial hopefuls, and I would have been OK with any of them. Wes Moore ended up winning after enough mail-in ballots were counted. The GOP nominated this fire-breathing Trumpican dude, and I hope his campaign goes down in flames.
I can't believe I have a feature article due on Friday. I feel as if I have so much to do still, and I'm panicking.
Today in history: It's Amelia Earhart's 125th birthday. It's the 53rd anniversary of the splashdown of Apollo 11, completing JFK's goal of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." (My emphasis.) And today David Ortiz was enshrined in Cooperstown. If only the Red Sox could find another good slugger....
