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dancerjodi) wrote2003-02-02 09:13 am
dancerjodi) wrote2003-02-02 09:13 am
This weekend
Is a bit surreal - I've had a nice time, but it seems like I'm in 'floaty-land', if that makes any sense.
Star Wars the Musical was great - and so silly. B told me that I'd have to carry him out of the theater since all of his brain cells would have died by then. You should definitely check it out if you are a Star Wars fan, it plays next weekend too.
This weekend's events reminded me of my 5th grade experiences when The Challenger Exploded. We watched it take off live in Miss Garvey's classroom and didn't quite know what happened at first until she said "Oh my God" in a very dead and low voice that was much different from the way she normally communicated. There was an announcement for all classrooms to head over to the lower church - and we all prayed. We prayed for the pilots, for the families of the pilots, and for all teachers that felt a connection to Christa McCauliffe. One of the priests came over from the rectory and he did a mass for us. And then we were let out for the day - such is life when you attend a Catholic school. These are some of the memories that I hold on to which makes me think the experience *wasn't* such a bad thing; it did produce some caring kids.
On a more light note, I forgot how much fun it was frolicking around Salem and looking in all of the stores trying to find obscure things like welcome signs and cheap cauldrons. And MAN I could live in that comic store! I picked up Joe Linsner's art book - pretty!
Today I'll be doing laundry, dishes, homework, homework, homework, shoveling, and then heading to my parent's house for my Bro's birthday dinner. Its been a long, thoughtful weekend but I've enjoyed it. I really am a lucky person - I forget that sometimes.
Star Wars the Musical was great - and so silly. B told me that I'd have to carry him out of the theater since all of his brain cells would have died by then. You should definitely check it out if you are a Star Wars fan, it plays next weekend too.
This weekend's events reminded me of my 5th grade experiences when The Challenger Exploded. We watched it take off live in Miss Garvey's classroom and didn't quite know what happened at first until she said "Oh my God" in a very dead and low voice that was much different from the way she normally communicated. There was an announcement for all classrooms to head over to the lower church - and we all prayed. We prayed for the pilots, for the families of the pilots, and for all teachers that felt a connection to Christa McCauliffe. One of the priests came over from the rectory and he did a mass for us. And then we were let out for the day - such is life when you attend a Catholic school. These are some of the memories that I hold on to which makes me think the experience *wasn't* such a bad thing; it did produce some caring kids.
On a more light note, I forgot how much fun it was frolicking around Salem and looking in all of the stores trying to find obscure things like welcome signs and cheap cauldrons. And MAN I could live in that comic store! I picked up Joe Linsner's art book - pretty!
Today I'll be doing laundry, dishes, homework, homework, homework, shoveling, and then heading to my parent's house for my Bro's birthday dinner. Its been a long, thoughtful weekend but I've enjoyed it. I really am a lucky person - I forget that sometimes.
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The news
I heard that some schools took that route on September 11th, thinking that it would be best for parents to break the news to their children. I guess I've always been of the mindset of burying your head in the sand really only makes things worse - and one would hope that teachers would be able to be supportive to kids, discuss a situation and deal with sensitive topics if they happen to come up. Of course, that's my idealistic world view talking :)
"This time, I again didn't know. We were getting ready for guests to arrive that were coming to plan their wedding. It wasn't until after I sat down with them and came up to watch baby at like 4pm that I found out. Woah, I gotta watch the news more I guess. At least I didn't hear a joke this time."
I checked my e-mail in the morning and even read LJ, but didn't catch anything about it. B ran in the room saying "did you hear the news this morning" and almost gave me a heart attack - I was thinking we were at war, or bombed or something already.
As far as keeping up on news though, perhaps just NPR on a radio while your running around doing house stuff would be no time consuming option. The only time I end up learning about things is if someone happens to send e-mail, if I see it in LJ, or if I hear it on NPR during my work commute.