There are several messes in DC. No longer being a fed can be a wonderful thing. Avoiding the on-coming disaster of the broken appropriations process is such a relief.

Werner, Erica. “Failed Senate Vote Sets up Big Fight over Border Wall, Budget.” Washington Post, October 17, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2019/10/17/latest-failed-senate-vote-sets-up-big-fight-over-border-wall-budget/.

Everybody on Capitol Hill is choosing to ruin Thanksgiving. They can have at it. It isn't my direct problem any longer. The problem won't be resolved in any real respect until January 20, 2021. I don't have to worry about having my pension taken away if it is already vaporized through maladministration.