Grandma, you crack me up. I'm swapping my second cup of coffee with reading your stories.

² You're changing the past to alter the future (another past)

This is the past (Sep 5), we declare you the winner. So when it's announced in the (relative) future (Oct 7, ideally), it has to be you. So as of today (Oct 23) you're already the winner.

Just making a guess. 😁