It promises to be another long night here in DC. We're not near enough to downtown or the WH to be really impacted by the demonstrations, but I can hear the helicopters flying overhead pretty well, and occasionally police sirens will sound in the distance. We have the windows open tonight because some planned electrical work by the local utility tomorrow caused the building to have to turn off the AC this afternoon and all day tomorrow. So it'll be loud, and a tad too warm while trying to fall asleep, and then too cold in the morning. Minor inconveniences, I know.

The overwhelming emotion I feel most from all of this is sadness (and more than a dash of anger). I worry about the rest of this year and how the US will muddle through, despite the idiot in the white house.

Aside from work today, I did get out of the house and to the grocery store. Well, tried to go to one, and the main entrance to their garage was closed with a "use the 9th street entrance", but no other signage, so I decided if they didn't want to tell me how to get there I didn't need to go there, and drove to another store. Which was actually better stocked on many staples than the other one has been of late (I go there because it carries the brand of deli sliced cheese that the husband insists on, but which I thankfully did not need today). Made him instant pot mac & cheese, which he says is really good, and very rich. Being a lactard (and now one who has to avoid wheat) I don't partake. Was going to make something new for myself as well, but had leftover meatloaf & veggies instead. It worked.

Oh, forgot, the husband's place of employment, the school he works for, is about 2-3 blocks from the WH, but was mercifully untouched. They tagged the windows of the big consulting office next door, but didn't break any of the glass (though several business in the surrounding blocks were smashed in). He walked by this morning and checked on it, both for the exercise and to see the results from the past two nights in person, and was relieved to see the glass storefront untouched, while confirming with the building management that they were going to cover it with plywood today. I suppose he'll check on that in the morning. And at some point tomorrow we have to go vote in our local primary. Lines are almost never anything at our polling station, which is across the street, so I didn't bother with an absentee ballot.