Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
For some unknown reason boss' boss is here today, puttering around. DO NOT WANT. Why don't people run these things by me?
Having the radio on the music station today was the right call. Good stuff so far.
And then in the middle of making this post my boss called and he is also coming in. Poop.
He also acknowledged the day and asked me how I was doing so now I am crying. Jesusita.
I always return to B.org on 9/11 to read the posts from that day because I spent most all of my days with all of you when it happened. So hi! Love and miss you all. Sending out the love and ~ma.
It's funny how memory is—I think I was emailing friends on the day, but texting has become such a thing since then that I'm like "surely we were texting??" But the friend whose house we all gathered in and stayed at for the whole afternoon and evening just emailed those of us who were there, which was touching.
So weird that it was so long ago now?
Also, despite my own memory twisting I get annoyed at people who are clearly mos-remembering. Like the girl who was all "yes, I was in college and my class watched a lot of it happen" and I'm like "...you were in Montana, you had a 7am class???"
I'm kind of glad it's cold and rainy today, because it's not "9/11 weather", you know?
Getting cozy and having a nap is a primo idea.
Much love to you all. I wasn't here until a few months after 9/11, but I know how much that day is part of the community's deepest memories, and it's one of the places I always turn to.
I think I was here a couple years after 9/11 because Deena's eldest was born on 9/11 and she was pregnant with her second when I started posting regularly.
I'm so sorry Sophia.
Nothing can be done about the flood of memories. I was working out with my Brooklyn native friend when she got a phone call. She was cursing her friend out because she didn't believe her and thought it was a really poor taste joke. Bracing ourselves for having to explain it to our 7 and 9 year old kids.
Like amych it was after that day that I found you. Searching on the internet for something not news.
Also, always remember that it is Trudy's birthday today as well as another close friend.
It seems like you were all here then, but it really was a long time ago and not so long after TT.