Election Day self-care open thread: Don't panic

Good morning, dear friends. 

Here's what I'm not going to do today: I'm not going to obsessively stress as the returns come in. The returns will be what they be, and my worrying will not change them one jot or whit. I will remember Election Night 2016, as dinner sat uneaten and I drank Manhattan after Manhattan. I'm not going to do that again.

Here's what I *will* do today, for myself and all of you: Encourage self-care and loving-kindness. And nothing says that like cute animals. 

Whatever happens, we will get through it, together. Be kind to yourselves and those around you.