BREAKING NE–nevermind, just some cat GIFs

I don’t know about you, but spending the past six months feverishly refreshing FiveThirtyEight’s 2016 Presidential Election Forecast has fried brain cells that I didn’t even know I possessed. This election, more so than others I’ve witnessed, has brought a real, palpable sense of stress and anxiety that I frankly don’t need in my life. (I have plenty of sources for that. Letting CNN become one of them just feels like letting them win.)

And so, now that we’ve all made it to today, Election Day, I’ve decided to emerge from my normal behind-the-scenes role at this publication to bring you an in-depth review of something near and dear to my heart: Happy cat GIFs. And maybe some sloths. And there may be a Mariah Carey or two down there somewhere. May they raise your spirits and be kind to your cells…