{"id":15041,"date":"2010-11-04T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2010-11-04T17:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=15041"},"modified":"2010-11-04T12:52:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-04T17:52:13","slug":"readjustment-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=15041","title":{"rendered":"Readjustment Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel a little like the former bomber pilot in the movie The Best Years Of Our Lives<\/em>.\u00a0 After a stretch of riding on the edge, of pouring all your energy into something<\/em>, it’s a little jarring to switch back to the humdrum of daily life.<\/p>\n

And my daily life isn’t even all that humdrum these days.\u00a0 New job (yay!), all sorts of family shenanigans – the usual stuff.<\/p>\n

The run-up to the election was incredibly <\/em>exciting; there is no feeling quite like the one you get when you know you’re fighting the good fight at long odds for a just cause.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Election night was, of course, an epic rush – six and a half hours of pure talk radio adrenaline.\u00a0 And the news – seeing that our efforts were being rewarded, mostly, and our just cause was on the roll nationwide – was enough to keep the adrenaline going.\u00a0 And the event – election night at the Sheraton – was one of those things I’ve loved more than just about anything, since I got into radio; talking with the movers and shakers, being where the news is happening – booyah!<\/p>\n

And today’s the morning after.\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a good morning after; the day after the ’06 and ’08 elections were a lot more disappointing.\u00a0 But still – as the need for energy has waned, so has the energy.\u00a0 Or maybe it’s just the “morning after the morning after” kicking my butt; I got three hours of sleep after the election, and suffice to say that today, the adrenaline has worn off.<\/p>\n

There is much to do, of course.<\/p>\n