This is why I don't allow myself to get my hopes up any more. Personally, I don't think the emotional ups and downs are healthy. The roller coasters prevents me from functioning in everyday life.

I don't feel Trump's old mojo (pre 2020) either. When he announced he was running in 2024, he sounded tired to me. And his speeches sound almost rote. To my ears anyway.

I've tried to help locally in the battle to help restore our freedom. I've become a precinct chair, a state delegate; I watched a dropbox overnight in the primary; I've helped out on the campaigns of a number of good people; I've poll watched for the midterms; I've analyzed and published election data for others here in my state to use. I've written to county council and to the state legislators numerous times, to no avail. My husband and I try to be great neighbors.

I will do what I can when I can, and I will do my darndest to do something well when I do it.

But the bottom line is I've resigned myself to the fact that I could lose my freedom, I may not be able to accomplish what I wanted to do in my retirement, and I am turning things over to God.

This is why I don't allow myself to get my hopes up any more. Personally, I don't think the emotional ups and downs are healthy. The roller coasters prevents me from functioning in everyday life.

I don't feel Trump's old mojo (pre 2020) either. When he announced he was running in 2024, he sounded tired to me. And his speeches sound almost rote. To my ears anyway.

I've tried to help locally in the battle to help restore our freedom. I've become a precinct chair, a state delegate; I watched a dropbox overnight in the primary; I've helped out on the campaigns of a number of good people; I've poll watched for the midterms; I've analyzed and published election data for others here in my state to use. My husband and I try to be great neighbors.

I will do what I can when I can, and I will do my darndest to do something well when I do it.

But the bottom line is I've resigned myself to the fact that I could lose my freedom, I may not be able to accomplish what I wanted to do in my retirement, and I am turning things over to God.