If we've seen anything close to a miracle this election season, it's the fact that Hillary Clinton can still, somehow, muster the experience of pleasant surprise.

Like, how is this possible after all the wild, outrageous things that have been said and done? Everything has happened this year! This is a news cycle as constructed by Strega Nona—literally just an overflowing pot of increasingly bizarre events.

But while the rest of America is staring slack-jawed at our television screens unsure of what's more shocking—the premiere of The Walking Dead or the talking heads on CNN, here comes Hillary Rodham Clinton: political Mockingjay, hair icon, shade empress, and, apparently, possessor of the last glimmering embers of American childlike wonder. Hillary is Boo from Monsters Inc. Who knew?

You see it here in this tweet from Nick Merrill, her traveling press secretary, in which she discovers that the Cubs (a sports team?) have made it to the World Series (a championship) opposite the Indians (shockingly, somehow also the name of a sports team).

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That look when you cap off a day on the trail by watching the @Cubs cement their trip to the #WorldSeries. #FlyTheW pic.twitter.com/94KMWpKHwe — Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) October 23, 2016

This is real surprise! We've all seen the other kind—that campaign trail Power Pointing that gives us all life.

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But this Cubs moment is not that. This is that kid on Christmas morning look of wonder.

To be honest, it's no surprise she's able to conjure this sort of elation. She'll basically be living the next three weeks as if it were one long Christmas Eve. Climbing into her snowflake pajama pantsuit and leaving a tray of Michelle Obama's fresh picked vegetables out for Election Claus with a note that says "I've been good all year. And for the last 30 years of my career. And literally since birth. Thanks for all your support. Together we can save Christmas. HRC."

We've seen this look of joyful shock before, of course.

Now, this is a normal and measured response to seeing balloons drop from the ceiling (or seeing brunch served or being in the vicinity of a corgi) but still, deep inside these looks of surprise is a joy we all need.

With her shocked expression, Hillary rides into our gloomy dystopia on a horse wearing a pantsuit (no, that isn't a punctuational mistake. The horse is also wearing a pantsuit. Obviously.) She's like, "Never fear, America! I like fun and frivolity. It's me. Hillary Clinton, America's fun aunt. ::turns to the camera:: I'm no one's fun aunt. I'm Hermione Granger. And we all know that Hermione had no siblings. I am an island of steely competence and steelier hair goals. You're welcome."

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Honestly, if we can just spend the days until the election placing Hillary Clinton in situations that will surprise and delight her, I think we'll all be better for it.

October 25th: A free pumpkin spice latte from her favorite barista. Just because! Great!

October 27th: Hillary almost misses the subway to work but the doors reopen and she gets on! Delight!

October 30th: Hillary and Bill win Best Duo Costume at Heidi Klum's holiday party even though they are inexplicably dressed as Taystee and Crazy Eyes from Orange Is the New Black. Elation!

November 2nd: Doctor Emmett Brown emerges from a Delorean and tells her she's going to win the election. She's overjoyed.

"Sorry we made you fight Future Biff as your final boss," Doc Brown says.

Hillary's like, "Is that from a movie? Because I think we're all aware that the only movie I've ever seen is Lincoln starting Lincoln as Lincoln and Joseph Gordon Levitt as everyone else. Directed by Mary Todd Lincoln."

Doc Brown says, "Many of those facts are actually incorrect."

To which Hillary Clinton replies, "Oh yeah? Who gon' check me boo?"

Doc Brown is speechless. Ruth Bader Ginsburg emerges from the shadows. "Point: Clinton!" Two surprises in one day!

November 3rd: Riding high on getting the endorsement of the New Yorker, Clinton fulfills a lifelong dream of submitting a cartoon.

November 4th: On a roll, she submits another idea. "It's me, Hillary Rodham Clinton, on the debate stage. And the caption reads 'If my father's drapes could see what I've had to go through, they'd hang themselves.' I think I'm really getting the hang of this. Oh! Did I make a pun?!"

November 5th: It's revealed that Donald Trump is actually a very convincing hologram created by a team of juniors at M.I.T. This is perplexing news. But also Hillary Clinton finds a baby bird on the ground and returns it the nest! What a day!

November 6th: Hillary Clinton is allowed to collect Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize since he apparently doesn't want it.

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November 7th: Literally everyone in the world never says the words "deleted e-mails" ever again.

November 8th: Quiet day. Working on some crochet projects. Maybe refinishing the deck if the weather holds out.

November 9th: Hillary Rodham Clinton gets to sleep in. Finally.

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