Kovixen

So, today is September 11. Funny how in four years time this horrible event becomes not as visible. Granted, there is a new tragedy that this country is dealing with, but I am almost feeling like 9/11 is like Pearl Harbor, except I have my own personal memories associated with it. It's a horrible event that happened in the past, the way past. I almost wouldn't have known it was today, I'm not even really sure how I realized it. Maybe when Peter had to ask what the date was, and I was like 9/11 duh.

I'm really reminded more of where I was when I found out, in ILL working. When I heard about it, I thought a little single engine plane was the problem. I didn't picture a passenger jet. I didn't realize how close my uncle Jock worked to ground zero. I remember thinking how silly I was the night before, calling my mom in my class break crying because I was screwing up my life and hated grad school. I actually had a class that night, I thought it was so wrong. Some of us could have lost family members, but we had to learn about library administration. I remember leaving work that day, watching everyone walk across campus, wondering if they knew, if they cared. So many students at URI are from New York and New Jersey, how were they affected? I remember how Harry Potter saved me from thinking the world was coming to an end, one of the few things that could distract me from the horror of the twin towers and my unhappiness with school.

Funny how much things have changed, and yet I'm still where I was.

We bought a love seat yesterday. It's microfiber, looks just like the couches my mom and the Paradiso's have, but it pulls out into a full bed. The best part about this is that the bed is foam, which rocks. It's unbelievably comfy. It was actually the same price to get foam as it was to special order one of the cheaper varieties, so foam in beige it is. It's probably coming by the end of the month, so shortly Peter will be able to get so fed up with me that he sleeps in another room and still wakes up refreshed. I'm sure he's looking forward to it.

Agassi is losing right now, about to be down two breaks in the 4th set. I'm very upset, I really wanted him to win. At least Jani won HOH, so all is not evil in the world.

Stupid quotes about Katrina.