This is what I do when I get a weekend off
I haven't written anything about Virginia Tech before because it seems trite and because I don't exactly know what to say.
However.
I kind of want people to know that it means something. I lived in Blacksburg from the ages of one to five. I don't remember a lot, but I know both of my parents worked at VTech. And I know that the preschool I went to was on campus, in the child psychology department. I remember when the mascot (a Hokie - a sort of giant chicken thing) came to the preschool classroom and I was very scared, but I liked the pompom I got from the Hokie. I remember the "Duck Pond," which might have been its name or might have just been what I called it. But there were ducks and we would throw bread to them, and at one part there were lots of catfish. There were people who I went to elementary with (in another smallish town in Virginia) who went to Virginia Tech. I don't think I know anyone involved, but I know the town. I know the places, the buildings somewhere in the back of my memory. I recently learned my parents sometimes think about retiring there. When I talked to my dad, he said, "You know, this happens in Iraq every day," but I know he's pretty shaken.
So, yes. Nothing profound. Nothing all that meaningful. But it's there.
However.
I kind of want people to know that it means something. I lived in Blacksburg from the ages of one to five. I don't remember a lot, but I know both of my parents worked at VTech. And I know that the preschool I went to was on campus, in the child psychology department. I remember when the mascot (a Hokie - a sort of giant chicken thing) came to the preschool classroom and I was very scared, but I liked the pompom I got from the Hokie. I remember the "Duck Pond," which might have been its name or might have just been what I called it. But there were ducks and we would throw bread to them, and at one part there were lots of catfish. There were people who I went to elementary with (in another smallish town in Virginia) who went to Virginia Tech. I don't think I know anyone involved, but I know the town. I know the places, the buildings somewhere in the back of my memory. I recently learned my parents sometimes think about retiring there. When I talked to my dad, he said, "You know, this happens in Iraq every day," but I know he's pretty shaken.
So, yes. Nothing profound. Nothing all that meaningful. But it's there.