Relief

I held little hope that Hillary Clinton would be defeated in the 2016 presidential election. The country had endured eight years of liberal control, peppered with executive orders, slowly drawing the country deeper and deeper into unrecoverable disaster. We may actually never recover from the damage already done.

I didn't realize what was happening to me but each night as a crawled into bed my mind would rapidly go through the condition of our country. I would feel stressed, sad, and helpless. I say I didn't realize what was happening because this wasn't a conscious process, it was just my mind getting ready for rest, if there was to be rest.

Then lo and behold Trump won the election. I was both stunned and elated. I had no idea if Trump would ultimately be better than Clinton. He makes radical and unpredictable statements. There was so telling in what direction would he take the country. None-the-less uncertainty was a better option in my mind than the certainty that Clinton would continue the downward spiral that we've had for eight years. Even if Trump reversed a few things that Obama effected that would be positive.

So I was surprised, and it took me a couple of days to realize it, that my just before bedtime routine was one of peace and relief, followed by a good night's sleep. And it just gets better and better.

So far, and today is just December 11, 2016, the appointments and the comments made by Trump have been much better than I thought they would. Things could change and he could make some colossal blunders, but it is possible Trump will be a good president.