Keep hydrated. A good rule of thumb is to make sure you’re drinking eight ounces of water, tea or juice every couple of hours.

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Eat a healthy, nourishing breakfast. You’re going to need a lot of energy.

Remember that “Ted Cruz” rhymes with “Fed Snooze.” Keep that one in your back pocket.

Gloating is fine, but everything in moderation.

Make sure to get up and walk around every thirty minutes or so. Consider putting together a standing desk.

Sisyphus metaphors are great, but don’t forget about the wealth of Greek myths you have available to you. Try switching it up! Tantalus is another good one, but he’s often underutilized. And you’ve got to be able to work in an analogy about Prometheus. Maybe Boehner is the bird that keeps eating his liver, and the liver is Congress, and fire is privatized health care? I don’t know. Keep working; you’ll come up with something.

Is there a Breaking Bad analogy to be made here? There’s got to be one. Find it.

Stretch.

Remember that “feet of clay” rhymes with “Every day should be government shutdown day.”