Jim Gaffigan on the painstaking, belabored marathon of an election
Well, it's over. You survived it. Can you believe it?
That's right – Daylight Saving is finally over.
Of course, I'm talking about the election.
Wow! This was an emotionally taxing experience for all of us. Gayle King went on no sleep, and made that yellow dress work double shifts. I think Steve Kornacki broke his hand using that giant iPad screen.
Halloween? Remember Halloween? I don't know how to tell you this: Halloween was two years ago.
Obviously, the election is not officially over. But it's almost over.
Well, it's over for me. After hyperventilating for four days, on Friday morning I woke up, allowed myself to breathe, and then slept for 20 hours straight.
This year's election was a painstaking, belabored marathon. But it had to be. This year is 2020. Why would we expect it to be anything but anxiety-filled? After all, 2020 is the year that made anti-depressants more important than water.
Thankfully, soon this year will be over. Before we know it, it will be December.
December – that's a fun month! There's no ... stress associated with ... December?
Oh no, no, nooooooooo …
Gayle, get that yellow dress ready.
See also:
- Week 1: Family life under lockdown
- Week 2: Life in quarantine is like a sitcom
- Week 3: Spring arrives!
- Week 4: Lessons of "distance learning"
- Week 5: Kids, quarantine and sanity are not compatible
- Week 6: Consuming all news, all the time
- Week 7: Jim Gaffigan discovers he misses strangers
- Week 8: On sharing dinner with the masses
- Week 9: On living in unprecedented times
- Week 10: Are we REALLY all in this together?
- Week 11: On not knowing what comes next
- Jim Gaffigan on what dads REALLY want on Father's Day
- Jim Gaffigan on getting the whole lockdown thing wrong
- 2020, please turn your notifications off
- Jim Gaffigan on his first drive-in standup show
- On living in a time warp
- On acquiring a green thumb
- Back to (home) school
- Summer memories, '50s style
- Blondes' bad rap
For more info:
- jimgaffigan.com
- Follow @JimGaffigan on Twitter
Story produced by Sara Kugel. Editor: David Bhagat.