Even if I don't do anything else political in the next few days, I have done quite a bit in the past week, and every bit counts. It's easier to tell other people "take care of yourself, you're not expendable" than to apply that to myself.
My plans for today involved either the Solidarity Shabbat, canvassing for Yes on 3, or both; the timing would have worked, but I didn't think I had the spoons.
But my hands have been hurting the last couple of days, so I decided not to go to services this morning but save energy for the afternoon canvassing. Then I started having (low-level, but still) hip and balance problems, so reluctantly threw away the plan to take the bus to Davis, and see if I was up to taking the subway to Cambridge and canvassing, because not only am I not expendable, but I am not sure my presence would be a net benefit to a canvassing team right now. I may try some more get-out-the-vote calling later, hands allowing;![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cattitude has offered to lend me headphones that would save me having to hold the phone. (The Yes on 3 website link for calling from home dead-ends at an outside page that lists no actual times or sign-up information; I may make more calls for Yes on 4 (voting rights restoration) in Florida because I'm already signed up for that.)
ETA: After posting the above, I contacted someone at Yes on 3. By the time she got back to me, I was on the phone with Alan; that was a very good conversation, but after 45 minutes of that I noticed my throat is a little sore, so no, I'm not going to be phone banking right now despite having watched the training for this. Feh. Texting would be bad for my hands.
My plans for today involved either the Solidarity Shabbat, canvassing for Yes on 3, or both; the timing would have worked, but I didn't think I had the spoons.
But my hands have been hurting the last couple of days, so I decided not to go to services this morning but save energy for the afternoon canvassing. Then I started having (low-level, but still) hip and balance problems, so reluctantly threw away the plan to take the bus to Davis, and see if I was up to taking the subway to Cambridge and canvassing, because not only am I not expendable, but I am not sure my presence would be a net benefit to a canvassing team right now. I may try some more get-out-the-vote calling later, hands allowing;
cattitude has offered to lend me headphones that would save me having to hold the phone. (The Yes on 3 website link for calling from home dead-ends at an outside page that lists no actual times or sign-up information; I may make more calls for Yes on 4 (voting rights restoration) in Florida because I'm already signed up for that.)ETA: After posting the above, I contacted someone at Yes on 3. By the time she got back to me, I was on the phone with Alan; that was a very good conversation, but after 45 minutes of that I noticed my throat is a little sore, so no, I'm not going to be phone banking right now despite having watched the training for this. Feh. Texting would be bad for my hands.
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