I *was* going to simply leave the house election night and not come home until early morning.
That ‘sanity preserving plan’ went south because of the sick puppy.
I’m going to have to stay home and tear my hair out all night.
Get a good book, some decent wine and play Mahler on the stereo. When you wake up in the morning with a hang over turn on Fox News to find out what happened; I'll bet it makes you feel much better.
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How is the puppy, Salamander?
My 11-week-old is healthy, but a handful. We are sleep deprived, too. This week it has been basic Akita-ness, aka: defiance and self-assertion. It’s what we love about the breed, but it is exhausting at this age. Or maybe it’s our ages?
You need sleep. Turn off the media and keep on the pup’s schedule. You’ll find out soon enough and whichever way it goes, you can deal w/it the following morning.
I stayed up in 2004 and fell asleep at midnight, so I still didn’t find anything out until whatever it was....a week(?) later. In 2008, we just ignored it all. I’m sure you have your contingency plans no matter which way it goes.