friday of a long week
Had a lot of stuff going on this week. It's just been terribly busy, and I haven't slept well.
Thought about going to the memorial concert tonight, but wasn't up for it. Spent the whole day reading various bizarre social networking posts about where people were in 2001. There was a hashtag for it, for goodness sakes. Bizarre, and yet I suppose completely human.
I doubt I'll ever forget, but the memory seems to change with each telling. And more than the day itself, the days and weeks immediately after stay in my mind. It was a hard time, but one that has faded with the passing of years so that its immediacy is lessened but certain indelible images and feelings remain, worn into the psyche beside all the rest of a life's traumas.
Hm, I seem to have gone a bit introspective despite my effort to avoid same this year.
I've finished two actual novels this week, though, which was great. And they were both awesome in totally different ways. Lavinia by Ursula K LeGuin, and The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop.
Now I'm really tired and looking forward to a fun weekend, so I'd best get to bed and try to actually sleep.
Thought about going to the memorial concert tonight, but wasn't up for it. Spent the whole day reading various bizarre social networking posts about where people were in 2001. There was a hashtag for it, for goodness sakes. Bizarre, and yet I suppose completely human.
I doubt I'll ever forget, but the memory seems to change with each telling. And more than the day itself, the days and weeks immediately after stay in my mind. It was a hard time, but one that has faded with the passing of years so that its immediacy is lessened but certain indelible images and feelings remain, worn into the psyche beside all the rest of a life's traumas.
Hm, I seem to have gone a bit introspective despite my effort to avoid same this year.
I've finished two actual novels this week, though, which was great. And they were both awesome in totally different ways. Lavinia by Ursula K LeGuin, and The Shadow Queen by Anne Bishop.
Now I'm really tired and looking forward to a fun weekend, so I'd best get to bed and try to actually sleep.