A Day of Rest ...

Yesterday was the first full day of the Biden-Harris administration as well as the first full day of no Trump. It was not that nothing was happening meriting comment -- it was a very busy day of house cleaning. It was just that I was overwhelmed with exhaustion -- from four years of Trump and hours of worrying about the safety of President Biden and Vice President Harris. I needed a day of rest. I woke after the first good night of sleep in a long time and smiled as I stood at the kitchen sink drinking my morning coffee. All of a sudden, a very large and very colorful cardinal flew onto a bird feeder in my full view. We don't really have cardinals in South Texas, and I had not seen one in our backyard in years. I mentioned in Nailing Jello a few days ago that I believe in angels and that I am certain that Guela, my wife's mother, is one. Although my mother-in-law died almost 25 years ago, I am convinced that she looks over us and protects us to this day. The cardinal was Guela's favorite bird. It occurred to me that Guela was paying us a visit yesterday morning just to let us know that everything is once again right with the world.

At any rate, I decided that President Biden was doing just fine and could go one day without having me looking over his shoulder and putting in my two cents worth about his every move.

By yesterday evening I was starting to feel a little antsy and guilty. I was listening as both Speaker Nancy Pelosi and new White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki were answering question after question about impeachment and various cable news pundits and talking heads were expressing their views. I finally could not take it any longer and headed toward my desktop to share my unsolicited opinions on the subject through a Nailing Jello rant. I had no sooner sat down than the news banner popped up on my iPad that Mitch McConnell was threatening a filibuster of any senate resolution implementing a power-sharing agreement that would allow Chuck Schumer to assume the Majority Leader position or the Democrats to take control of the Senate.

I have to admit that little tidbit completely deflated me. It brought back memories of McConnell's meeting to hatch a strategy to make Barack Obama a one-term president on January 20 or 21, 2009 -- Day 1 or 2 of the Obama presidency.

I decided that I needed the day of rest more than I needed to vent. I also wondered just a little where that cardinal had flown off to and whether it would be back.